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 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
She’s the best ever that way, is the mater––tends to her Bridge, gives me an open account, and, so long as she hears once a month, is happy.
From The Web of the Golden Spider by Fisher, Harrison
She would have her own carriage and horses, her box at the Italiens and at the Opera, and an open account at Worth's and Van Klopen's.
From Other People's Money by Gaboriau, Émile
Nathaniel Sears, a dealer in general merchandise at Joplin, Mo., writes to you asking for an open account.
From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose
