books
Meaning
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- plural of book
- Accounting records.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bʊks/
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New
book
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- A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
- A major division of a long work.
- A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
- (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
- A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
- The script of a musical or opera.
- Records of the accounts of a business.
- (colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
- Six tricks taken by one side.
- (slang) Four of a kind.
- A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
- A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
- The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
- Any source of instruction.
- The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
- (informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
- The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.
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