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a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
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a work of fiction or nonfiction in an electronic format: Your child can listen to or read the book online.
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a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.
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a division of a literary work, especially one of the larger divisions.
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the Book, the Bible.
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Music. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical.
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Books, book of account.
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Jazz. the total repertoire of a band.
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a script or story for a play.
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a script or story for a play. a record of bets, as on a horse race.
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a script or story for a play. a record of bets, as on a horse race.
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a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.
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anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of Nature.
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Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, especially in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high.
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b. a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices.
a. the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house.
Stock Exchange.
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a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco.
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Mineralogy. a thick block or crystal of mica.
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a magazine: used especially in magazine publishing.
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book value.
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bookmaker.
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b. the telephone book : I’ve looked him up, but he’s not in the book.
a. a set of rules, conventions, or standards: The solution was not according to the book but it served the purpose.
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to enter in a book or list; record; register.
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to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.): We booked a table at our favorite restaurant.
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to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us for next week’s cruise.
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to engage for one or more performances.
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to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register.
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to act as a bookmaker for (a bettor, bet, or sum of money): The Philadelphia syndicate books 25 million dollars a year on horse racing.
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to register one’s name.
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to engage a place, services, etc.
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to study hard, as a student before an exam: He left the party early to book.
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to leave; depart: I’m bored with this party, l et’s book.
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to work as a bookmaker : He started a restaurant with money he got from booking.
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of or pertaining to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
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derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing.
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shown by a book of account.
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book in, to sign in, as at a job.
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book out, to sign out, as at a job.
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book up, to sell out in advance: The hotel is booked up for the Christmas holidays.
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bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice: Someday he will be brought to book for his misdeeds.
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by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner: an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book.
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close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts.
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in one’s bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He’s in the boss’s bad books.
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in one’s book, in one’s personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he’s not to be trusted.
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a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers See also hardback, paperback
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a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary
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(as modifier): the book trade, book reviews
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(in combination): bookseller, bookshop, bookshelf, bookrack
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a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc
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a record of the transactions of a business or society
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the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc
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a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible
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a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge
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(bookmaking) a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event
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(in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value: in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book
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strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)
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a source of knowledge or authority: the book of life
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a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)
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(sometimes capital) the book, the Bible
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an open book, a person or subject that is thoroughly understood
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a closed book, a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehension: chemistry is a closed book to him
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bring to book, to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct
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close the book on, to bring to a definite end: we have closed the book on apartheid
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(accounting) close the books, to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report
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(informal) cook the books, to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
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in my book, according to my view of things
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in someone’s bad books, regarded by someone with disfavour
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in someone’s good books, regarded by someone with favour
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keep the books, to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise
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b. registered or recorded
a. enrolled as a member
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read someone like a book, to understand a person, or his motives, character, etc, thoroughly and clearly
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b. to inflict the most severe punishment on
a. to charge with every relevant offence
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to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance: to book a flight, to book a band
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to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution: he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal
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(of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player’s
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a set of printed sheets of paper that are held together inside a cover : a long written work
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a long written work that can be read on a computer
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a set of sheets of paper that are inside a cover and that you can write information on
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a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory
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a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together into a volume
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a long written or printed literary composition
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a major division of a treatise or literary work
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a record of a business’s financial transactions or financial condition —often used in plural.
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something that yields knowledge or understanding
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c. the standards or authority relevant in a situation
b. inside information or analysis
a. task or problem
a. the total available knowledge and experience that can be brought to bear on
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b. a position from which one must answer for certain acts
a. all the charges that can be made against an accused person
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c. a book of arrangements for a musician or dance orchestra : musical repertory
b . the script of a play
a . libretto
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a packet of items bound together like a book
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b. the bets registered by a bookmaker; also : the business or activity of giving odds and taking bets
a. bookmaker
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the number of tricks a cardplayer or side must win before any trick can have scoring value
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learned from reading books and not from experience
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to make arrangements so that you will be able to use or have (something, such as a room, table, or seat) at a later time
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to make arrangements for (someone) to do, use, or have something at a later time
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to schedule a performance or appearance by (someone, such as a musician)
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d. to reserve in advance
c. to set aside time for
b. to schedule engagements for
a. to register (as a name) for some future activity or condition (as to engage transportation or reserve lodgings)
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b of a referee. to note the name or number of (as a soccer player) for a serious infraction of the rules
a. to enter charges against in a police register
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to make a reservation
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chiefly British : to register in a hotel —usually used with in
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leave, go; especially : to depart quickly
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a long written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usu. on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers: a book of poems; a book of short stories.
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such a literary work in any format: Do you like listening to books on tape?
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a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.
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a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions.
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the Book, the Bible.
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b. the telephone book.
a. a set of rules, conventions, or standards: to go according to the book; to know every trick in the book.
the book,
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the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical.
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books, the financial records of a business, institution, etc.
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a script or story for a play.
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the number of tricks that must be taken before any trick counts in the score of a card game.
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a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.
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anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of nature.
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gathered information and recommended strategy regarding a task, problem, opponent, etc., as in sports.
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a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco.
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to enter in a book or list; record; register.
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to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.).
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to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us on the next cruise.
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to engage for one or more performances.
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to enter a charge against (an arrested person) on a police register.
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to register one’s name.
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to engage a place, services, etc.: Book early if you want a good table.
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book in (or out), to sign in (or out), as at a job.
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pertaining to or dealing with books: the book department; a book salesman.
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derived or learned entirely from books: book knowledge.
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shown on a company’s books: The firm’s book profit was $53,680.
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bring to book, to bring to justice.
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by the book, according to the correct or established form.
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in one’s book, according to one’s personal judgment.
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b. to wager; bet.
a. to take bets and give odds.
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off the books, without being part of an official payroll, income report, etc.
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one for the book(s), a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary.
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throw the book at, Informal. to punish severely.
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a written work that is published, either as printed pages inside a cover or electronically
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a set of printed pages fastened together inside a cover
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one of the sections of a long book such as the Bible
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something that you write in, consisting of pages fastened together inside a cover
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a set of small objects, such as stamps, tickets, or matches, fastened together inside a paper cover
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records of the money that an organization or business has earned and spent
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records of customers that use a company’s services
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