pass-book

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pass⋅book

[pas-boo

k, pahs-]

–noun

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.

3.	South African. reference book (def. 2).

Origin:
1820–30; pass + book

–noun

1.	a book containing useful facts or specially organized information, as an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, yearbook, etc.

2.	Also called pass, passbook. South African. a domestic identity document carried by black citizens.

Origin:
1885–90

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Word Origin & History

pass-book

1828, from pass (v.) + book; apparently the notion is of the document "passing" between bank and customer.

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