Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A book held by a depositor in which his or her deposits and withdrawals are recorded by the bank.

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  • noun passbook, chequebook
  • noun idiomatic wealth

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Examples

  • Was that who I was, a money creator for whom the ends justified the means, and for whom the ends meant my bankbook?

    Laura Mola: Know Thyself, from Someone Who Didn't (Part 1) Laura Mola 2011

  • He would have had to be a bird of prey, a handsome hawk, to pry a bankbook from their fingers.

    Lorelei 2010

  • He would have had to be a bird of prey, a handsome hawk, to pry a bankbook from their fingers.

    Lorelei 2010

  • He would have had to be a bird of prey, a handsome hawk, to pry a bankbook from their fingers.

    Lorelei 2010

  • “If someone tries to tell you what to do, you hit him with your bankbook.”

    Colorado David McKenna 2011

  • Was that who I was, a money creator for whom the ends justified the means, and for whom the ends meant my bankbook?

    Laura Mola: Know Thyself, from Someone Who Didn't (Part 1) Laura Mola 2011

  • I pulled the bankbook from the drawer by the phone where we kept our bills.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • All these years later, I was staring at that same bankbook.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • I pulled the bankbook from the drawer by the phone where we kept our bills.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

  • All these years later, I was staring at that same bankbook.

    Sea Escape Lynne Griffin 2010

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