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
He begged me not to do so, said many flattering things to me, and urged that it would be convenient to have an open account in London.
From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Austin Bidwell
The large plantation owner usually dealt with some London house, which kept an open account with him, crediting his tobacco against orders for the manufactured articles and luxuries which the Virginia and Maryland gentlemen demanded.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
Ruyters turned to his quartermaster, who was holding an open account book, quill pen in hand.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
Until the money for the bond issue should be available, the Hibernia Bank authorized the Dock Board to draw against it on open account.
From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Thomas Ewing Dabney
