daybook
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daybook
- /ˈdeɪˌbʊk/
Where it comes from
From day + book. First attested in 1571. Cognate with Dutch dagboek (“diary, journal, logbook”), German Tagebuch (“diary, journal, daybook”), Danish dagbog (“diary”), Swedish dagbok (“diary, logbook, journal, daybook”).
noun daybooks · day book
- A daily chronicle; a diary. It was a working document, a sort of lab notebook, and since I have called it a daybook, it has become the most valuable resource I have It takes me about six weeks to fill a daybook, and when I'm finished with one I go back through it and pick out anything that I need to work on in the next book.
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An accounting journal.
Since these memoranda were marked down from day to day and the entries followed one another day by day, this first book of accounts was called a "daybook."
Similar: book of original entry, blotter
- A logbook.
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noun A ledger; an accounting journal
| Español | libro diario |
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Talk about this word "daybook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/daybook. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. daybook. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/daybook "daybook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/daybook.Cite this
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title = {daybook},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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