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/pas"book', pahs"-/, n.1. a bankbook.2. (formerly) a small book or ledger for each customer in which a merchant keeps a record of goods sold on credit and the amounts owed and paid.[1820-30; PASS + BOOK]
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passbook savings account — a type of savings account in which transactions are entered into a passbook in the possession of the account holder. Cf. statement savings account. * * * … Universalium
