noun
daybook
Daybook (noun) means a diary recording events day by day.
noun
1
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."
— Janice Elsheimer, The Creative Call: An Artist's Response to the Way of the Spirit (2001)
"Why is it called a Daybook? A Daybook traditionally is "a book in which daily transactions are recorded," but nowadays it is being used to mean "a journal.""
— Vicki Spandel, Ruth G. Nathan (2001)
2
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.""
— George Edward Bennett, Accounting: principles and practice (1920)
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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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What is the meaning of daybook?
"daybook" (noun) means a diary recording events day by day.
What is another word for daybook?
Other words for "daybook" include journal, ledger, diary, blotter.
What are the different meanings of daybook?
"daybook" has 2 main meanings: 1. A diary recording events day by day; 2. A book used to record business transactions as they happen.
