bordereau
- noun
- /ˌbɔːrdəˈroʊ/
- UK
- The accountant prepared a detailed bordereau of all the transactions from the previous month.
Examples
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The financial report included a bordereau summarizing all payments issued to the suppliers.
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The only piece of evidence produced against Dreyfus had been the handwriting on a flimsy sheet of paper: the notorious bordereau (list or schedule) promising to deliver some not very interesting items of military information to the attaché.
Academic text (2011) -
Although handwriting experts were divided on whether the writing on the bordereau was that of Dreyfus or not, the army was determined to nail him, and he was condemned to perpetual exile and imprisonment by a court martial.
Academic text (2011) -
To keep track of her expenses, she created a bordereau listing every payment made during the trip.
Synonyms
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2.7
A paper or online list from a bank showing money going in and out of an account
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2.3
A report from your bank that lists all payments and deposits and shows your account balance
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bordereau comes from the French word bord meaning 'edge' and the ending -eau that makes it a small thing, much like the English word border. The image is of a small list kept at the edge of papers, so today a bordereau is a detailed written list of transactions.