† out-bookn.
Banking. Obsolete.
A book in which records are kept of bills, cheques, etc., which a bank has sent to the clearing house; = out-clearing book n. at out-clearing n. Compounds.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > other types of account book
journal1540
bankers' book1585
shop book?1594
waste-book1613
cash-book1622
counter-book1622
pay-book1622
copybook1660
audit-booka1680
bankbook1682
transfer-book1694
malt-book1710
pay list1757
petty cash book1827
passbook1833
stock book1835
guard book1839
tommy book1841
bought-book1849
in-clearing book1872
out-clearing book1882
out-book1884
trial-book1890
1884 W. Howarth Clearing System iv. 52 The representative of that bank is obliged to go to the desk of the complainant and take with him his ‘out-books’.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 3/1 He puts the cheques, &c., in his case and returns to his office, taking with him his out-books.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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