# passbook

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #88,691

## Definitions
1. A customer's record of deposits and withdrawals from a savings account or current account at a bank, typically recorded in a small booklet. The bank keeps its own record, which is final in any dispute.
2. A book that passes between a trader and a customer, used to record credit purchases.
3. A kind of internal passport used during apartheid to limit the movements of citizens outside of their homelands or designated areas.

## Etymology
From pass + book.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/passbook