passbook

Meaning

  1. A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
  2. (dated) A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
  3. (South-Africa, historical) A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.

Translations

Sparbuch

Bankbuch

βιβλιάριο καταθέσεων

Kontobuch

hesap cüzdanı

Lebensmittelkarte

livret de caisse d’épargne

τετράδιο

Etymology

From pass + book.

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