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book       [book] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
2.a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.
3.a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions.
4.the Book, the Bible.
5.Music. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical.
6.books. book of account.
7.Jazz. the total repertoire of a band.
8.a script or story for a play.
9.a record of bets, as on a horse race.
10.Cards. the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score.
11.a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.
12.anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of Nature.
13.Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, esp. in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high.
14.Stock Exchange.
a.the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house.
b.a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices.
15.a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco.
16.Mineralogy. a thick block or crystal of mica.
17.a magazine: used esp. in magazine publishing.
18.book value.
19.Slang. bookmaker (def. 1).
20.the book,
a.a set of rules, conventions, or standards: The solution was not according to the book but it served the purpose.
b.the telephone book: I've looked him up, but he's not in the book.
–verb (used with object)
21.to enter in a book or list; record; register.
22.to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.): We booked a table at our favorite restaurant.
23.to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us for next week's cruise.
24.to engage for one or more performances.
25.to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register.
26.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.
–verb (used without object)
27.to register one's name.
28.to engage a place, services, etc.
29.Slang.
a.to study hard, as a student before an exam: He left the party early to book.
b.to leave; depart: I'm bored with this party, let's book.
c.to work as a bookmaker: He started a restaurant with money he got from booking.
–adjective
30.of or pertaining to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
31.derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing.
32.shown by a book of account: The firm's book profit was $53,680.
—Verb phrases
33.book in, to sign in, as at a job.
34.book out, to sign out, as at a job.
35.book up, to sell out in advance: The hotel is booked up for the Christmas holidays.
—Idioms
36.bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice: Someday he will be brought to book for his misdeeds.
37.by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner: an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book.
38.close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts.
39.cook the books, Informal. cook (def. 10).
40.in one's bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He's in the boss's bad books.
41.in one's book, in one's personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he's not to be trusted.
42.in one's good books, in favor; liked by someone.
43.like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book.
44.make book,
a.to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, esp. as a business.
b.to wager; bet: You can make book on it that he won't arrive in time.
45.off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: esp. as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.: Much of his work as a night watchman is done off the books.
46.one for the book or books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book.
47.on the books, entered in a list or record: He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books.
48.throw the book at, Informal.
a.to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person.
b.to punish or chide severely.
49.without book,
a.from memory.
b.without authority: to punish without book.
50.write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of: So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME, OE bōc; c. D boek, ON bōk, G Buch; akin to Goth boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to beech, as is often assumed]

—Related forms
bookless, adjective
booklike, adjective

—Synonyms 24. reserve, schedule, bill, slate, program.
—Antonyms 24. cancel.
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book       (bŏŏk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.
    1. A printed or written literary work.
    2. A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.
    3. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.
    4. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.
    5. A libretto.
    6. The script of a play.
    7. The Bible.
    8. The Koran.
    9. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
    10. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
    11. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
    12. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
    1. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded.
    2. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.
    3. A libretto.
    4. The script of a play.
    5. The Bible.
    6. The Koran.
    7. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
    8. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
    9. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
    10. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
    1. A libretto.
    2. The script of a play.
    3. The Bible.
    4. The Koran.
    5. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
    6. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
    7. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
    8. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
  5. Book
    1. The Bible.
    2. The Koran.
    3. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
    4. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
    5. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
    6. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
    1. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book.
    2. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding.
    3. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule.
    4. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him?
  7. A packet of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches.
  8. A record of bets placed on a race.
  9. Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge.

v.   booked, book·ing, books

v.   tr.
  1. To list or register in or as if in a book.
    1. To record charges against (a person) on a police blotter.
    2. Sports To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer.
  3. To arrange for (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve.
  4. To hire or engage: The manager booked a magic show for Saturday night.
  5. To allocate time for.

v.   intr.
To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats.

adj.  
  1. Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience: has book smarts but not street smarts.
  2. Appearing in a company's financial records: book profits.


[Middle English bok, from Old English bōc; see bhāgo- in Indo-European roots.]

book'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.

Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *bōk-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning "beech tree." The Old English form of book is bōc, from Germanic *bōk-ō, "written document, book." The Old English form of beech is bēce, from Germanic *bōk-jōn, "beech tree," because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant "bark"—that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on.

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book 
O.E. boc, traditionally from P.Gmc. *bokiz "beech" (cf. Ger. Buch "book" Buche "beech;" the notion being of beechwood tablets on which runes were inscribed), but may be from the tree itself (people still carve initials in them). The O.E. originally meant any written document. Latin and Sanskrit also have words for "writing" that are based on tree names ("birch" and "ash," respectively). Meaning "libretto of an opera" is from 1768. Verb meaning "to enter for a seat or place, issue (railway) tickets" is from 1841; "to engage a performer as a guest" is from 1872. Booklet, with dim. suffix, first recorded 1859. A betting book is from 1856; bookmaker in the wagering sense is from 1862; shortened form bookie is attested from 1885.

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book

noun
1. a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" 
2. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" 
3. a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, 'Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record] 
4. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: script] 
5. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: ledger] 
6. a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game 
7. a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" 
8. the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran] 
9. the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible] 
10. a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" 
11. a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" 

verb
1. engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" 
2. arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" [syn: reserve] 
3. record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" 
4. register in a hotel booker 

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book

see balance the books; black book; bring to book; by the book; closed book; close the books; cook the books; crack a book; hit the books; in one's book; in someone's bad graces (books); judge a book by its cover; know like a book; make book; nose in a book; one for the books; open book; take a leaf out of someone's book; throw the book at; wrote the book on.


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book

  1. A specialist's information on limit orders to buy and sell the security in which the specialist makes a market. The orders are left by other exchange members who wish to trade at a price that differs from the current market price. The book provides the specialist with an estimate of the demand for and supply of the stock in which he or she is a market maker. Also called specialist's book.
  2. See book value per share.
  3. An organization's written accounting record.
  4. An underwriting syndicate's record of activity for a new security issue.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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book

In accounting, to recognize a transaction by recording an entry. For example, a financial institution books a loan when it lends money to a customer.

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Main Entry: book
Function: noun
1 : a record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition —often used in pl. books show a profit>
2 : POLICE REGISTER
3 : the bets registered by a bookmaker; also : the business or activity of giving odds and taking bets

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Main Entry: book
Function: transitive verb
: to make (an arrested person) undergo booking

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Book

Book\ (b[oo^]k), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. b[=o]c; akin to Goth. b[=o]ka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b[=o]k, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b[=o]k, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b[=o]c, b[=e]ce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. Beech.]

1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.

Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet.

Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. --Abbott.

2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.

A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. --Milton.

3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.

Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook.

Book account, an account or register of debt or credit in a book.

Book debt, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts.

Book learning, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. "Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false." --Burnet.

Book louse (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the Pseudoneuroptera.

Book moth (Zo["o]l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv[ae] of which eat books.

Book oath, an oath made on The Book, or Bible.

The Book of Books, the Bible.

Book post, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail.

Book scorpion (Zo["o]l.), one of the false scorpions (Chelifer cancroides) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects.

Book stall, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books.

Canonical books. See Canonical.

In one's books, in one's favor. "I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp." --Addison.

To bring to book. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. "To bring it manifestly to book is impossible." --M. Arnold.

To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

To make a book (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses.

To speak by the book, to speak with minute exactness.

Without book. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority.

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Book\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booked; p. pr. & vb. n. Booking.]

1. To enter, write, or register in a book or list.

Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds. --Shak.

2. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.

3. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. [Colloq.]

Here I am booked for three days more in Paris. --Charles Reade.

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Book

This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word _sepher_, which properly means a "writing," and then a "volume" (Ex. 17:14; Deut. 28:58; 29:20; Job 19:23) or "roll of a book" (Jer. 36:2, 4). Books were originally written on skins, on linen or cotton cloth, and on Egyptian papyrus, whence our word "paper." The leaves of the book were generally written in columns, designated by a Hebrew word properly meaning "doors" and "valves" (Jer. 36:23, R.V., marg. "columns"). Among the Hebrews books were generally rolled up like our maps, or if very long they were rolled from both ends, forming two rolls (Luke 4:17-20). Thus they were arranged when the writing was on flexible materials; but if the writing was on tablets of wood or brass or lead, then the several tablets were bound together by rings through which a rod was passed. A sealed book is one whose contents are secret (Isa. 29:11; Rev. 5:1-3). To "eat" a book (Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 2:8-10; 3:1-3; Rev. 10:9) is to study its contents carefully. The book of judgment (Dan. 7:10) refers to the method of human courts of justice as illustrating the proceedings which will take place at the day of God's final judgment. The book of the wars of the Lord (Num. 21:14), the book of Jasher (Josh. 10:13), and the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah and Israel (2 Chr. 25:26), were probably ancient documents known to the Hebrews, but not forming a part of the canon. The book of life (Ps. 69:28) suggests the idea that as the redeemed form a community or citizenship (Phil. 3:20; 4:3), a catalogue of the citizens' names is preserved (Luke 10:20; Rev. 20:15). Their names are registered in heaven (Luke 10:20; Rev. 3:5). The book of the covenant (Ex. 24:7), containing Ex. 20:22-23:33, is the first book actually mentioned as a part of the written word. It contains a series of laws, civil, social, and religious, given to Moses at Sinai immediately after the delivery of the decalogue. These were written in this "book."

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