daybook

[ dey-boo k ]

/ ˈdeɪˌbʊk /

Bookkeeping. a book in which the transactions of the day are entered in the order of their occurrence.

a diary; journal.

datebook.

Origin of daybook

First recorded in 1570–80; day + book

Mr. Starr hung up his coat and hat and swooped like a hawk on the daybook, at the same time calling for the book of "petty cash."

When Egypt Went Broke |Holman Day
The daybook is banged, the bottles rattled, the counter thumped, and then he is off again with five doors slamming behind him.

The Stark Munro Letters |J. Stark Munro
In the meantime Morris had repaired to the bookkeeper's desk and was looking over the daybook with an unseeing eye.

Potash & Perlmutter |Montague Glass
He was calculating even in his pleasures, and, they say, kept a regular ledger and daybook of the moneys disbursed in his vices.

Guy Livingstone; |George A. Lawrence

As usual, Uncle Jabez was poring over his daybook and counting the cash in the japanned money box.

Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island |Alice Emerson

daybook

/ (ˈdeɪˌbʊk) /

accounting a book in which the transactions of each day are recorded as they occur