playbook

[ pley-book ]
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noun
  1. (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.

  2. a book containing the scripts of one or more plays.

  1. Football. a notebook containing descriptions of all the plays and strategies used by a team, often accompanied by diagrams, issued to players for them to study and memorize before the season begins.

  2. Informal. any plan or set of strategies, as for outlining a campaign in business or politics.

Origin of playbook

1
First recorded in 1525–35; play + book

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British Dictionary definitions for playbook

playbook

/ (ˈpleɪˌbʊk) /


noun
  1. a book containing a range of possible set plays

  2. a notional range of possible tactics in any sphere of activity

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