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Quotation dates: 1476-1511, 1605-1680
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Compt buke, n. Also: buk, bui(c)k, book. [Compt n.1 1. Cf. e.m.E. count-book (1605).] A book of accounts. 1476 Acts Lords Auditors 48/2.
William produsand his compt buke … of the said somme subscriuit with the said Gilbertis hand 1483 Acts Lords of Council II. Introd. 122.
A sek of woll … for the quhilk thai ar bundin … as was prefit be hir compt buke writin with thair aune handis 1511 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 107.
He had the copy of his obligatioune … within his avin compt buk 1605 Edinburgh Testaments XL. 15 b.
My dettis quhilk I haue sett doun in my compt buik 1622 Maxwell Mem. 198.
Ane aquyttance to my guid sone … conforme to the fytit and subscryfit comptt buick 1647 Misc. Bann. C. II. 273.
My compt buik, quhilk is in my buiksellir buith 1654 Peebles B. Rec. II. 25.
The thesaurer … to keep ane compt therof in a compt book 1680 Wemyss Chart. 322.
To … coalcallers at Weymes, conforme to the compt book
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