bankbook

English

Alternative forms

• bank-book

Etymology

From bank +‎ book.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Noun

bankbook (plural bankbooks)

1. passbook, chequebook
2. (idiomatic) wealth
   • 1975, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue

     Her folks, they said, our lives together

     Sure was gonna be rough

     They never did like Mama's homemade dress

     Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.

Translations

booklet used to record bank transactions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 存摺／存折 (zh) (cúnzhé)

• Finnish: vastakirja (fi), säästökirja (fi)
• French: richesse (fr) f, opulence (fr) f
• Interlingue:
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• Japanese: 通帳 (つうちょう, tsūchō)
• Korean: 통장 (ko) (tongjang)
• Portuguese: caderneta (pt) f, livrete m
• Russian: сберега́тельная кни́жка f (sberegátelʹnaja knížka)
• Tok Pisin: pasbuk