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 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

All important documents should be presented in an entire state, with a plain and open account of their history,—who had them, where they were found, and how preserved.

From Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

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

As assignee of the original seller of the melting tanks, which were purchased, not on open account but on contract, and the same held delinquent, he has here in this document a writ of replevin.

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen