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

Ruyters turned to his quartermaster, who was holding an open account book, quill pen in hand.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

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

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 Williams, Harrison

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 Bolton, Herbert Eugene