See Also: passbook(dictionary)
passbook(dictionary)

bateleur (iou) and passbook (iou)


bateleur (iou)



bateleur noun. M19.
[French, lit. 'juggler, mountebank'.]
A short-tailed African eagle, Terathopius ecaudatus. Also bateleur eagle.

passbook (iou)



passbook noun. Also (esp. in sense 3) pass book. E19.
[from PASS noun2 + BOOK noun.]
A book issued by a bank or (now usu.) building society to an account-holder, recording sums deposited and withdrawn. E19.
A book compiled by a trader for a customer, recording goods sold on credit. M19.
= PASS noun2 15c. S. Afr. M20.