book

  • 91book — A collection of all the bets taken on fixed odds betting events. A bookmaker s tally of amounts bet on each competitor, and odds necessary to assure him of profit. Running a book is the act of quoting odds and accepting bets on an event and the… …

    Equestrian sports dictionary

  • 92book — [OE] Book is widespread throughout the Germanic languages. German has buch, for example, Dutch bock, and Swedish bok. There point to a prehistoric Germanic *bōks, which was probably related to *bōkā ‘beech’, the connection being that the early… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 93book — Светлое начертание (Book, Light, Regular)     Начертание шрифта, у которого более толстые основные штрихи [доминирующий вертикальный или наклонный штрих], чем у сверхcветлого начертания, и поэтому обладающее большей насыщенностью [отношение… …

    Шрифтовая терминология

  • 94book —    American    a sentence in prison    Normally for a year. The derivation might be from a criminal record, which is entered for future reference. If the judge threw the book at you, you would expect a longer period of confinement than twelve… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 95book v — A policeman accidentally arrested a judge who had dressed as a convict for a costume party. That cop learned never to book a judge by his cover. boot n …

    English expressions

  • 96book in — register one s arrival at a hotel. → book …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 97book —   In lessico borsistico è il termine con il quale viene indicata la tabella che presenta le ultime offerte in acquisto e vendita di un titolo e i rispettivi volumi, cioè il numero di azioni riguardante la proposta di negoziazione. Il book più… …

    Glossario di economia e finanza

  • 98book — 1. (plural noun) The *financial statements, *general ledger, and other accounting records and *ledgers of an organization or individual. The term is used in a range of expressions from *book value to *cooking the books. 2. verb To record an… …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 99ˌbook ˈin — phrasal verb British to formally tell the staff in a hotel that you have arrived there I d just arrived at the conference and hadn t had time to book in.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 100book-up — /ˈbʊk ʌp/ (say book up) noun 1. a practice, common in rural areas, whereby a customer is enabled to purchase goods using a key card (def. 2). –adjective 2. of or relating to such a service …