passbook
nounEtymology From pass + book.
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Dated A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
- Mr Campbell Swinston.—Supposing there were no stronger reason than that against the continuance of grocers' licences, could not that evil be very easily put an end to by making a single false entry in the passbook the ground for forfeiting the grocer's certificate?1878, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers, volume 26, page 254:
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South Africa, Historical A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.