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account books

 
 
noun [plural] ACCOUNTING

Definition

the records of money that a business or organization has spent and received: The job of fiscal officer involves taking minutes at meetings and keeping the account books.
(Definition of account books noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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