A historical term for a book of accounts or a record book used in business or administration.
From 'cab' possibly related to 'cabal' or commercial dealings, plus 'book'. This is a rare historical term from English commercial terminology.
This word is so obscure that it appears in unabridged dictionaries but almost nowhere in modern English—it's a ghost word that survived in ledgers but died in everyday speech.
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