| 单词 | house book |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse book house book n. now chiefly historical a book in which the accounts and affairs of a house or household are recorded. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > account book > household household book1457 house book1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Bastardolo A blotting booke, a daie booke, a house booke to write in euery thing. 1664 Verney Mem. (1899) 24 Aug. IV. ii. 65 Tis best to get her a house booke, & set downe all thats bought, & cast it upp once in a weeke. 1768 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 286 I beg my dear girl to buy a house-book, and to set down all expences. 1836 F. E. von Koch Let. 15 Aug. in Lewin Lett. (1909) I. ii. 347 A Miss Lord..reads the newspapers to Papa, keeps the house-books and servants in order. 1940 J. Grenfell Let. 29 Sept. in Darling Ma (1989) 228 I'm in no way worried financially... Now that I've got a PG (paying guest) the house books are taken care of too! 2002 C. Sullivan Rhetoric of Credit 151 (note) Salisbury's Clerk of the Kitchen..and the house book of Gorhambury..both use brief entries into an imprest system. < as lemmas |
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