BOOKS
\bˈʊks], \bˈʊks], \b_ˈʊ_k_s]\
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All the volumes which contain authentic reports of decisions in English courts, from the earliest times to the present, are called, par exccllcnce, "The Books." Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Commerce, accounts. Merchants, traders, and other persons, who are desirous of understanding their affairs, and of explaining them when necessary, keep, 1. a day book; 2. a journal; 3. a ledger; 4. a letter book; 5. an invoice book; 6. a cash book; 7. a bill book; 8. a bank book; and 9. a cheek book. The reader is referred to these several articles. Commercial books are kept by single or by double entry.
By John Bouvier
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