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cashbook

cashbook

1 3.6
A record that shows all money received and paid for a business or person
  • noun
  • /ˈkæʃbʊk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : libro de caja
  • I carefully updated the cashbook to ensure all transactions were recorded accurately.

Examples

  • He reviewed the cashbook to track all his expenses and income for the month.

  • You got no receipts here, your cashbook won't balance, and you haven't filed for two years.

    The Real McCoy (1993)

  • A humorless middle-level bureaucrat sits behind a desk and D.E.F.'s ledgers and cashbooks. #GESTAPO CLERK#

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Using a digital cashbook, she organized her financial records to simplify her tax filing.

Synonyms

book
vscashbook
  • Specialized
537 3.7

A record that shows a business's money coming in and going out

records only cash receipts and payments not every financial entry
ledger
vscashbook
  • Specialized
57 5.0

A book used to record a business's money transactions

records only cash receipts and payments rather than all account entries
account book
vscashbook
  • Specialized
1 2.3

A book or digital record where a business writes all money it gets and spends

records only cash receipts and payments rather than all transactions
daybook
vscashbook
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A book where a business writes daily sales and payments before they go into the main account book

keeps a completed record of cash receipts and payments rather than a temporary list

How Detailed

accounting system
  • Specialized
4 3.1
ledger
  • Specialized
57 5.0
cashbook
  • Specialized
1 3.6
daybook
  • Specialized
1 8.0

Surface Forms

cashbook singular
cashbooks plural

Morphology

cashbook = cash + book (transparent) = cash + book

A straightforward compound meaning 'a book (or record) for cash transactions', which learners can derive from the components.

Etymology

Cashbook comes from the two simple parts cash ('money in hand') and book ('a record you write in'), so it literally means a book where you record cash. Think of a small daily notebook where you write every payment and receipt, and that is why a cashbook is used to track all cash payments and receipts.