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verb

1. To register (something, such as a name) for some future activity or condition (as to engage transportation or reserve lodgings)

   "he was booked to sail on Monday"

2. To schedule engagements for

   "book the band for a week"

3. To set aside time for

   "booking a strategy meeting"

4. To reserve in advance

   "book two seats at the theater"

5. To enter charges against in a police register

   "was booked on suspicion of murder"

6. To note the name or number of (someone, such as a soccer player) for a serious infraction of the rules

   "booking him for a late tackle"

7. To make a reservation

   "book through your travel agent"

8. To register in a hotel
9. Leave, go

noun

1. A set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory
2. A set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together between a front and back cover

   "an address book"

3. A long written or printed literary composition

   "reading a good book"

4. A major division of a treatise or literary work

   "the books of the Bible"

5. A record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition
6. Magazine
7. E-book
8. Bible

   "put his hand on the Book and took the oath"

9. Something that yields knowledge or understanding

   "the great book of nature"

10. The standards or authority relevant in a situation

    "runs her business by the book"

11. All the charges that can be made against an accused person

    "threw the book at him"

12. A position from which one must answer for certain acts account

    "bring criminals to book"

13. Libretto
14. The script of a play
15. A book of arrangements for a musician or dance orchestra musical repertory
16. A packet of items bound together like a book

    "a book of stamps"

17. Bookmaker
18. The bets registered by a bookmaker
19. The number of tricks see trick a cardplayer or side must win before any trick can have scoring value
20. a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory
21. a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together between a front and back cover
22. a long written or printed literary composition

idiomatic phrase

1. To alter official accounting records in order to deceive or mislead

   "Congress cooked the books with phony spending cuts and accounting gimmickry to appear to reduce the federal deficit."

adjective

1. Not reported or recorded

   "off-the-books transactions"

idiom

1. In a state in which one is not liked or treated nicely by someone

   "He remains in her bad books after that outburst."

idiom

1. In a state in which one is liked or are treated nicely by someone

   "He's trying to get back in his boss's good books by offering to work overtime."

noun

1. A usually light work of escapist fiction (such as a thriller or romance)

   "… blockbuster beach reads from Tom Clancy, Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell."

noun

1. A book containing a blacklist
2. An address book containing especially the names of multiple romantic partners

noun

1. A register especially of socially prominent persons
2. A book of specialized information often published under government auspices
3. A blue-covered booklet used for writing examinations
4. A periodically issued price list (as of used cars)

noun phrase

1. The service book of the Anglican Communion