[QUOTE] [B][SIZE="4"]"book"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics" [*]physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/volume"]volume[/URL]] [*]a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/ledger"]ledger[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/leger"]leger[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/account book"]account book[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/book of account"]book of account[/URL]] [*]a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" [*]a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the recordbooks" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/record"]record[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/record book"]record book[/URL]] [*]a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" [*]a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/script"]script[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/playscript"]playscript[/URL]] [*]a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/rule book"]rule book[/URL]] [*]the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/Koran"]Koran[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Quran"]Quran[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/al-Qur'an"]al-Qur'an[/URL]] [*]the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/Bible"]Bible[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Christian Bible"]Christian Bible[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Good Book"]Good Book[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Holy Scripture"]Holy Scripture[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Holy Writ"]Holy Writ[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Scripture"]Scripture[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Word of God"]Word of God[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/Word"]Word[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" [*]arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's" [syn: [URL="http://www.word.sc/reserve"]reserve[/URL], [URL="http://www.word.sc/hold"]hold[/URL]] [*]engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" [*]register in a hotel booker [/LIST] Source: [URL="http://www.word.sc/book"]http://www.word.sc/book[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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