(Encyclopedia) Heseltine, Michael Ray DibdinHeseltine, Michael Ray Dibdinhĕsˈəltīnˌ, hĕzˈ– [key], 1933–, British politician. After studying law at Oxford, he built a successful career in publishing…
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The system of keeping the debtor and creditor accounts of merchants in books provided for the purpose, either by single or by double entry. Waste-book. A book in which items are not…
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