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pass·book  (psbk)
n.
1. See bankbook.
2. A book in which a merchant records credit sales.
3. A document formerly issued to a Black person in South Africa and used to enforce certain legal and economic restrictions under the apartheid system. Also called reference book.

passbook [ˈpɑːsˌbʊk]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a book for keeping a record of withdrawals from and payments into a building society
2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) another name for bankbook
3. (Business / Commerce) a customer's book in which is recorded by a trader a list of credit sales to that customer
4. (Historical Terms) (formerly in South Africa) an official document serving to identify the bearer, his race, his residence, and his employment
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.passbook - a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain bankspassbook - a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks
record - a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
Translations
passbook [ˈpɑːsbʊk] Nlibreta f de ahorros
passbook [ˈpɑːsbʊk] n (= bank book) → livret m
pass degree nlicence f obtenue sans mention
passbook [ˈpɑːsˌbʊk] nlibretto di risparmio


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Just eight passbook accounts pay over five per cent, compared with 18 accounts without passbooks.
But Ul-Haq, a business studies student, said she always followed the bank's procedures by asking for passbooks and identification.
1 Kyodo The Diet enacted laws Wednesday to impose restrictions on foreign exchange trading with low margin requirements and to impose penalties on lenders who keep the passbooks of pensioners as collateral for loans.
 
 
 
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