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

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)

The aim of the book is to give a minute and open account of the steps and changes by which Dr. Newman passed from the English Church to the Roman.

From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

Life, to Jesus, was an open account; he was a forward looker; he was honest enough to recognize his obligations to the unborn.

From The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth? by Mangasarian, M. M. (Mangasar Mugurditch)

The only country in Europe with which Canada had an open account was Great Britain.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir