open account
Example Sentences
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"I have had the same Ukrainian trading partner for years and an open account with him. How can I now ask him to pay me money while he is struggling to stay alive?"
From Reuters ● Mar. 4, 2022
All important documents should be presented in an entire state, with a plain and open account of their history,—who had them, where they were found, and how preserved.
From Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time by Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Has my wife an open account here now?" was the brief response.
From Taken Alive by Edward Payson Roe
She would have her own carriage and horses, her box at the Italiens and at the Opera, and an open account at Worth's and Van Klopen's.
From Other People's Money by Émile Gaboriau
Nothing uncommon for them to bring suit against a person for a Book debt and trade with him on an open account at the same time.
From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Harrison Williams