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

Ruyters turned to his quartermaster, who was holding an open account book, quill pen in hand.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas

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

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

Nothing uncommon for them to bring suit against a person for a Book debt and trade with him on an open account at the same time.

From Legends of Loudoun An account of the history and homes of a border county of Virginia's Northern Neck by Williams, Harrison