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
"Has my wife an open account here now?" was the brief response.
From Taken Alive by Roe, Edward Payson
These she procured from the store where her father kept an open account, until the bill having been rendered dotted over with such charges “per daughter Catharine,” these treats to favorite schoolmates ceased.
From Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book by Halsey, Rosalie Vrylina
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 Stowe, Harriet Beecher
The whole formed a domestic budget as clear as it was complete, in which each portion of the government service had its open account regulated by the supreme comptroller.
From The Wedding Guest by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
