Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A book in which a merchant or trader makes an entry of goods sold on credit to a customer, for the information of the customer.
- noun A bank-book.
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Examples
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But if he did not ask to see her pass-book, neither did she see his: he would not have her troubling her head, he said, about their general expenditure.
The Way Home 2003
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"Ercole Paraio," he said huskily, putting his pass-book down.
The Languages of Pao Vance, Jack, 1916- 1958
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Indeed where forgery is the ground of repudiation of a cheque, no dealings or omissions of the customer with regard to the pass-book would seem to preclude him from objecting to being debited and throwing the loss on the banker (_Kepitigalla Rubber Co. _ v. _National Bank of India_, 25 Times L.R. 402).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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The charging of compound interest or interest with periodical rests has been supported where such system of keeping the accounts has been brought to the notice of the customer by means of the pass-book, and not objected to by him, but in the present attitude of the courts towards the pass-book some further recognition would seem necessary.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Experience demonstrates the value of dispensing with the pass-book and introducing in its place a certificate of deposit.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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As before stated, the customer's dealings with the pass-book cannot, in the present state of the authorities, be relied on as debarring him from disputing unauthorized payments appearing therein.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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There was nothing, romantic, exciting, or interesting about him; his mind was a huge pass-book, and his brain a network of facts and figures.
The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery Marjorie Douie
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It is conceived, however, that on the analogy of local custom and the Stock Exchange rules, such outside evidence could be dispensed with, and this is the line apparently indicated with relation to the pass-book by the court of appeal in Vagliano's case (23 Q.B.D. at p. 245).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Then she came back to the desk and performed a brief _pas seul_ on the shining smooth cover of my pass-book.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 Various
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The entries in a pass-book constitute _prima facie_ evidence against the banker, and when returned by the customer without comment, against him; but the proposition that such return constitutes a settlement of account has been much disputed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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