daybook
4 synonyms for daybook, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A diary recording events day by day.
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
A diary recording events day by day.
“I try to get up thirty minutes before anyone else in my house in order to have my daybook writing time.”
2. noun
A book used to record business transactions as they happen.
“Since these memoranda were marked down from day to day and the entries followed one another day by day, this first book of accounts was called a "daybook."”
Etymology
Formed from day and book, first attested in 1571. It is cognate with Dutch dagboek ("diary, journal, logbook"), German Tagebuch ("diary, journal, daybook"), Danish dagbog ("diary"), and Swedish dagbok ("diary, logbook, journal, daybook").
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