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passage (2)
passage hawk
passageway
passagework
Passaic Falls
passant
passata
passback
passbook
Passchendaele
passé
passe-partout
passed ball
passed pawn
passel
passementerie
Passendale
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passbook

pass·book [ páss bk ] (plural pass·books)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. record of bank transactions: a book in which a record is kept of the money put into and taken out of a bank account

2. book recording credit purchases: a book in which a merchant records the items a customer has bought on credit

3. identity document: in South Africa during the apartheid era, a mandatory identification document issued to black people that gave details of their ancestry and spelled out restrictions on their movements

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