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rank|taking|information|seem|468|book|story|deep|meet

Pronunciation
AHD|bo�ok, IPA|/b�k/, SAMPA|/bUk/
audio|en-us-book.ogg|Audio (US) plural audio|en-us-books.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�k

Etymology
From OE. boc|b�c < Ger. *boks, probably related to *b�k- �beech� (perhaps originally used to make writing-tablets). Cognate with Dutch boek, German Buch, Swedish bok. Compare beech.

Noun
Image:Pieni2.jpg|thumb|A hard-cover book
en-noun

1. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. If initially blank, commonly referred to as a notebook.
2. A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

#:I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.

1. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

#:a book of stamps
#:a book of raffle tickets

1. A major division of a published work, larger than a chapter, commonly an academic publication or the Bible.
2. The script of a musical.
3. usually|in plural Records of the accounts of a business.
4. A long document stored (as data) that is or will become a book; an e-book.
5. context|law A colloquial reference to 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).
6. context|poker slang four of a kind

Synonyms
(collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material): tome (especially a large book)
(convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps): booklet
(major division of a published work, larger than a chapter): tome, volume
(script of a musical): libretto
(records of the accounts of a business): accounts, records

Derived terms
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audiobook
book award
bookbinder
bookend
bookie
bookish
bookkeeper
booklet
book lung
bookmaker
bookmark
bookshop
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bookstore
by the book
cookbook
e-book
exercise book
notebook
phrasebook
pocketbook
read someone like a book
rough book
throw the book at somebody|throw the book at somebody
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Slovak: t-|sk|kniha|f
Slovene: t+|sl|knjiga|f
Spanish: t+|es|libro|m
Swahili: t-|sw|kitabu|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|bok|c
Tagalog: libro, aklat
Tamil: ந�ல� (nool), ப�த�த�ம� (puth-thagam)
Turkish: t+|tr|kitap
Telugu: ప�స�త�� (pustakaM), ప�త�త� (pottaM)
Ukrainian: книжка (knýžka) f, книга#Ukrainian|книга unicode|(knýǥa) f (elevated style)
Urdu: URchar|کتاب (kit�b), URchar|پستک (pustak)
Vietnamese: (cu�n, quy�n) sách; s� (notebook); sách giáo khoa (textbook)
Welsh: t-|cy|llyfr|xs=Welsh
Yiddish: ��� (bukh) n
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trans-top|record of betting
German: t-|de|Wettliste|f
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Vietnamese: �ánh bài, �ánh cu�c
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trans-top|convenient collection of small paper items, such as stamps
Catalan: àlbum, m
Danish: t+|da|album|n
Dutch: t+|nl|boek|n, t+|nl|album|n
Ewe: agbalẽ
German: t-|de|Album|n
Italian: t-|it|blocchetto|m
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Portuguese: t-|pt|álbum|m
Slovene: t-|sl|album|m
Swedish: t-|sv|häfte|n
Turkish: t-|tr|albüm
Vietnamese: t+|vi|s�|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|major division of a published work, larger than a chapter
Catalan: llibre
Danish: t-|da|bind|n
Dutch: t+|nl|boek|n
Ewe: agbalẽ
Finnish: t+|fi|kirja
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Old English: t-|ang|boc|f|altb�c|xsOld English
Swedish: t+|sv|bok|c (if physically bound into one book) , t-|sv|volym|c (if part of a multi-book format)
Turkish: t-|tr|cilt
Vietnamese: t+|vi|tập|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|quy�n|xsVietnamese
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trans-top|script of a musical
Ewe: agbalẽ n
Finnish: t+|fi|libretto
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Portuguese: t-|pt|livreto|m
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trans-top|usually in plural: records of the accounts of a business
Catalan: llibres
Dutch: boeken n, pl. only
Ewe: agbalẽwo n|p
Finnish: t-|fi|kirjanpito
German: t-|de|Bücher|n|p
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Polish: t|pl|ksi�gi
Swedish: t-|sv|bokföring|c
Tagalog: libro
Portuguese: t+|pt|livro|m
Vietnamese: s� sách kế toán
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trans-top|ebook
Dutch: t+|nl|boek|n, t-|nl|e-book
Finnish: t+|fi|kirja
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German: t-|de|E-Book|n
Vietnamese: t+|vi|sách|xs=Vietnamese
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ttbc|Ancient Greek: βιβλίον
ttbc|Breton: levr m, levrioù p (1)
ttbc|Frisian: boek n
ttbc|Guarani: kuatia ñe'ẽ
ttbc|Ido: libro
ttbc|Indonesian: buku, kitab
ttbc|Interlingua: libro
ttbc|Low Saxon: Book
ttbc|Manchu: bithe
ttbc|Mongolian: ном (nom)
ttbc|Novial: libre
ttbc|Tupinambá: papera
ttbc|Volapük: buk
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See also
incunable
scroll
tome
volume

References

Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To reserve (something) for future use

#: I want to book a hotel room for tomorrow night
#: I can book tickets for the concert next week

1. transitive To penalise (someone) for an offence.

#: The police booked him for driving too fast

1. context|intransitive|slang To travel very fast.

#: He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.

1. transitive To write down.

#: They booked that message from the hill

1. context|transitive|law To receive the highest grade in a class.

#: The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.

Synonyms
(reserve): prebook, reserve
(penalise): penalise/penalize, punish
(slang: travel very fast): bomb (slang), hurtle, rocket (informal), speed, shoot, whiz (informal)
(write down): make a note of, note down, record, write down

Danish: t-|da|reservere
Dutch: t+|nl|boeken, t-|nl|reserveren
Esperanto: t-|eo|rezervi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: varata, tehdä varaus
French: t+|fr|réserver
German: t+|de|buchen, t-|de|reservieren
Greek: t+|el|κάν�|scGrek t+|el|κ�ά�η�η|scGrek (káno krátisi), t-|el|κλείν�|sc=Grek (kleíno)
Indonesian: t-|id|pesan|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: reservar
Italian: t+|it|prenotare, t+|it|riservare
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Japanese: ���� (�����, yoyaku surú)
Korean: ���� (豫�, yeyaghada)
Norwegian: t-|no|reservere
Polish: t|pl|zarezerwowa�, t|pl|zabukowa�
Portuguese: t+|pt|reservar
Russian: заб�они�ова�� (zabronírovat�)
Slovak: rezervovať, zarezervovať
Spanish: t-|es|reservar
Swedish: t+|sv|boka
Turkish: t-|tr|reservasyon, t-|tr|yer ayırma
Vietnamese: thuê phòng (to rent a hotel room); mua vé (concert, train, airplane, etc.)
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trans-top|penalise
Dutch: t-|nl|beboeten
Italian: t-|it|ammonire
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Polish: t|pl|ukara�
Portuguese: t-|pt|multar
Vietnamese: t+|vi|phạt|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|travel very fast
Dutch: t-|nl|vlammen
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Vietnamese: chạy tr�n (implies escaping from someone)
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trans-top|write down
Catalan: anotar
Danish: t-|da|nedskrive, t-|da|notere
Dutch: t-|nl|te boek stellen, t-|nl|noteren
Finnish: t-|fi|kirjata
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Norwegian: t-|no|notere, t-|no|nedskrive
Polish: t|pl|spisa�
Portuguese: t+|pt|anotar
Swedish: t-|sv|bokföra, t-|sv|skriva in
Vietnamese: ghi xu�ng
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ttbc|Volapük: resärfön (1)
ttbc|Malay: buku
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