"wastebook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wastebooks [plural]
Etymology: waste + book Etymology templates: {{compound|en|waste|book}} waste + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} wastebook (plural wastebooks)
  1. (dated, finance) A temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Books, Finance

Inflected forms

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