Sports Definition–adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to a sport or sports, esp. of the open-air or athletic kind: a sports festival. |
| 2. | (of garments, equipment, etc.) suitable for use in open-ai
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Book Definition–noun | 1. | a written or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. |
| 2. | a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for
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| 3. | a division of a literary work, esp. one of the larger divisions. |
| 5. | Music. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical. |
| 7. | Jazz. the total repertoire of a band. |
| 8. | a script or story for a play. |
| 9. | a record of bets, as on a horse race. |
| 10. | Cards. the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score. |
| 11. | a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book. |
| 12. | anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of Nature. |
| 13. | Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, esp. in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high. |
| 14. | Stock Exchange. | a. | the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house. |
| b. | a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices. |
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| 15. | a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco. |
| 16. | Mineralogy. a thick block or crystal of mica. |
| 17. | a magazine: used esp. in magazine publishing. |
| 20. | the book, | a. | a set of rules, conventions, or standards: The solution was not according to the book but it served the purpose. |
| b. | the telephone book: I've looked him up, but he's not in the book. |
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–verb (used with object) | 21. | to enter in a book or list; record; register. |
| 22. | to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.): We booked a table at our favorite restaurant. |
| 23. | to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us for next week's cruise. |
| 24. | to engage for one or more performances. |
| 25. | to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register. |
| 26. | to act as a bookmaker for (a bettor, bet, or sum of money): The Philadelphia syndicate books 25 million dollars a year on horse racing. |
–verb (used without object) | 27. | to register one's name. |
| 28. | to engage a place, services, etc. |
| 29. | Slang. | a. | to study hard, as a student before an exam: He left the party early to book. |
| b. | to leave; depart: I'm bored with this party, let's book. |
| c. | to work as a bookmaker: He started a restaurant with money he got from booking. |
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–adjective | 30. | of or pertaining to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman. |
| 31. | derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing. |
| 32. | shown by a book of account: The firm's book profit was $53,680. |
—Verb phrases| 33. | book in, <
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| 34. | book out, to sign out, as at a job. |
| 35. | book up, to sell out in advance: The hotel is booked up for the Christmas holidays. |
—Idioms| 36. | bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice: Someday he will be brought to book for his misdeeds. |
| 37. | by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner: an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book. |
| 38. | close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts. |
| 39. | cook the books, Informal. cook (def. 10). |
| 40. | in one's bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He's in the boss's bad books. |
| 41. | in one's book, in one's personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he's not to be trusted. |
| 42. | in one's good books, in favor; liked by someone. |
| 43. | like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book. |
| 44. | make book, | a. | to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, esp. as a business. |
| b. | to wager; bet: You can make book on it that he won't arrive in time. |
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| 45. | off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: esp. as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.: Much of his work as a night watchman is done off the books. |
| 46. | one for the book or books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book. |
| 47. | on the books, entered in a list or record: He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books. |
| 48. | throw the book at, Informal. | a. | to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person. |
| b. | to punish or chide severely. |
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| 49. | without book,
| b. | without authority: to punish without book. |
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| 50. | write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of: So far as investment banking is concerned, they wrote the book. |
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Betting Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to wager with (something or someone). |
–verb (used without object) | 2. | to make a wager: Do you want to bet? |
–noun | 3. | a pledge of a forfeit risked on some uncertain outcome; wager: Where do we place our bets? |
| 4. | that which is pledged: a two-dollar bet. |
| 5. | something that is bet on, as a competitor in a sporting event or a number in a lottery: That horse looks like a good bet. |
| 6. | an act or instance of betting: It's a bet, then? |
| 7. | a person, plan of action, etc., considered as being a good alternative; choice: Your best bet is to sell your stocks now. |
—Idiom| 8. | you bet! Informal. of course! surely!: You bet I'd like to be there! |
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