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
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 Rosalie Vrylina Halsey
Only it could hardly be that—we have an open account at the Bank of Copah for legitimate expenses.
From Empire Builders by Jay Hambidge
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 R. W. (Richard William) Church
"Sibylla," he gravely said, putting the open account into her hand, "I have received this bill this morning."
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
