Definition of DAYBOOK

daybook

Plural: daybooks

Noun

  • A book for recording daily transactions or events; a diary.
  • a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
  • an accounting journal as a physical object
    • "he bought a new daybook"
  • A daily chronicle; a diary.
  • An accounting journal.
  • A logbook.

Examples

  • He kept a daybook of all his high-scoring Words With Friends plays.

Origin / Etymology

From day + book. Cognate with Dutch dagboek (“diary, journal, logbook”), German Tagebuch (“diary, journal, daybook”), Danish dagbog (“diary”), Swedish dagbok (“diary, logbook, journal, daybook”).

Synonyms

journal, ledger, blotter, book of original entry, diary

Scrabble Score: 17

daybook: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
daybook: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
daybook: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

daybook: valid Words With Friends Word