Noun
A book in which accounts are kept.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not. Paul von Hindenburg
they got a subpoena to examine our books Source: Internet
In Turner's account book, he recorded that he was paid $20. Source: Internet
Heller (p. 263) states: "The composer's death is noted in the official coroner's report and in the burial account book of St. Stephen's Cathedral Parish as having occurred on 28 July 1741". Source: Internet
New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary Latin calendarium meant "account book, register" (as accounts were settled and debts were collected on the calends of each month). Source: Internet