passbook
- noun
- /ˈpæsˌbʊk/
- In the '80s, when I worked for a bank, the passbook saving rate was 5%.
- passbook savings
- passbook account
- bank passbook
Examples
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Nationwide is getting rid of its passbooks from February next year.
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How can that be when I got the passbook right here?
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According to this, your husband stated, 'Passbook was lost. '
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Additionally, my mother put all gifted money into a passbook account that I could not access.
Blog text (4) -
Seiyu put the money he'd made in his bag and chuckled as he looked at his savings account passbook.
Fiction book (1998) -
I checked the balance in my account using my bank's passbook.
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She carried her passbook to the bank to update her savings record.
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After depositing money, I wrote the new amount in my passbook.
Synonyms
A small book the bank keeps that shows your deposits, withdrawals, and balance
A book where a business writes down all money it receives and pays
Compounds
- Archaic
A savings account where the bank writes deposits and withdrawals in a paper book the customer keeps
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Passbook comes from the two simple words pass and book, like a small book you 'pass' or 'hand over' to the bank so they can record things. So a passbook is a booklet where the bank writes your deposits, withdrawals, and balance.