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

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)

Until the money for the bond issue should be available, the Hibernia Bank authorized the Dock Board to draw against it on open account.

From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Dabney, Thomas Ewing

Among other claims that may be proved are judgments, debts founded on an open account, and rents.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney