passbook
/pˈæsbˌʊk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
noun
A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.
Example Sentences
- "Mr Campbell Swinston.—Supposing there were no stronger reason than that against the continuance of grocers' licences, could not that evil be very easily put an end to by making a single false entry in the passbook the ground for forfeiting the grocer's certificate?"