book
book
(bk) noun
Abbr. bk., b.
1.
A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.
2.
a. A printed or written literary work. b. A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament.
3. a. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded. b. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books.
4. a. A libretto. b. The script of a play.
5. Book The Bible.
6. a. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book. b. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding. c. 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.
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.
noun
, attributive.
Often used to modify another noun: a book report; book learning.
verb
, transitive
booked, booking, books
1.
To list or register in or as if in a book.
2.
To record charges against (a person) on a police blotter.
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.
idiom.
bring to book
To demand an explanation from; call to account.
in one's book
In one's opinion: In my book they both are wrong.
like a book
Thoroughly; completely: I know my child like a book.
one for the books
A noteworthy act or occurrence.
throw the book at
1.
To make all possible charges against (a lawbreaker, for example).
2.
To reprimand or punish severely.
[Middle English bok, from Old English bōc.]
book
ʹer noun
Synonyms:
book, bespeak, engage, reserve. The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to cause something to be set aside, as for one's use or possession, in advance": will book a hotel room; bespoken merchandise; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.