receipt-book
Definition
- Noun:
- A book for recording receipts: A "receipt-book" is a book or ledger used to record money received, often for business or personal accounting purposes.
- A book of blank receipts: It can also refer to a pre-printed book containing forms for writing receipts, typically used to provide proof of payment to customers.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The shopkeeper kept a receipt-book to track daily sales. (A ledger for recording received money.)
- She gave the customer a receipt from the receipt-book after the transaction. (A pre-printed book with receipt forms.)
Advanced Usage
"to enter in the receipt-book": to record a payment received in the official ledger.
- He entered the cash payment in the receipt-book immediately. (He recorded the payment for accuracy.)
"receipt-book stub": the retained copy or counterfoil left in the receipt-book after a receipt is torn out.
- The receipt-book stub showed the date and amount of each sale. (The retained part for record-keeping.)
Variants and Related Words
Receipt (n): a written acknowledgment of receiving money or goods.
- Please keep the receipt for warranty purposes. (The written proof of purchase.)
Book (n): a set of written, printed, or blank pages bound together.
- He bought a new book of tickets. (A collection of pages.)
Synonyms
- Ledger: a book for recording financial transactions.
- Register: a book for recording official entries, such as payments.
- Record book: a general term for a book used to keep records.
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