ALL meanings of close the books
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C c - noun close the books to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report 3
- noun close the books to make no further entries, balance the books, and draw up statements from them 3
- phrase close the books If you close the books, you balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report. 3
- phrase close the books also informally used as a noun: "the close" 3
- noun close the books a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers. 1
- noun close the books a work of fiction or nonfiction in an electronic format: Your child can listen to or read the book online. See also e-book (def 1). 1
- noun close the books a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc. 1
- noun close the books a division of a literary work, especially one of the larger divisions. 1
- noun close the books the Book, the Bible. 1
- noun close the books Music. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical. 1
- noun close the books books, book of account. 1
- noun close the books Jazz. the total repertoire of a band. 1
- noun close the books a script or story for a play. 1
- noun close the books a record of bets, as on a horse race. 1
- noun close the books Cards. the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score. 1
- noun close the books a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book. 1
- noun close the books anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of Nature. 1
- noun close the books Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, especially in baseball: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high. 1
- noun close the books Stock Exchange. the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house. a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices. 1
- noun close the books a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco. 1
- noun close the books Mineralogy. a thick block or crystal of mica. 1
- noun close the books a magazine: used especially in magazine publishing. 1
- noun close the books book value. 1
- noun close the books Slang. bookmaker (def 1). 1
- noun close the books the book. a set of rules, conventions, or standards: The solution was not according to the book but it served the purpose. the telephone book: I've looked him up, but he's not in the book. 1
- verb with object close the books to enter in a book or list; record; register. 1
- verb with object close the books to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.): We booked a table at our favorite restaurant. 1
- verb with object close the books to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us for next week's cruise. 1
- verb with object close the books to engage for one or more performances. 1
- verb with object close the books to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register. 1
- verb with object close the books 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. 1
- verb without object close the books to register one's name. 1
- verb without object close the books to engage a place, services, etc. 1
- verb without object close the books Slang. to study hard, as a student before an exam: He left the party early to book. to leave; depart: I'm bored with this party, let's book. to work as a bookmaker: He started a restaurant with money he got from booking. 1
- adjective close the books of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman. 1
- adjective close the books derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing. 1
- adjective close the books shown by a book of account: The firm's book profit was $53,680. 1
- idioms close the books bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice: Someday he will be brought to book for his misdeeds. 1
- idioms close the books by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner: an unimaginative individual who does everything by the book. 1
- idioms close the books close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts. 1
- idioms close the books cook the books, Informal. cook1 (def 12) 1
- idioms close the books in one's bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone: He's in the boss's bad books. 1
- idioms close the books in one's book, in one's personal judgment or opinion: In my book, he's not to be trusted. 1
- idioms close the books in one's good books, in favor; liked by someone. 1
- idioms close the books like a book, completely; thoroughly: She knew the area like a book. 1
- idioms close the books make book, to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, especially as a business. to wager; bet: You can make book on it that he won't arrive in time. 1
- idioms close the books off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: especially as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.: Much of his work as a night watchman is done off the books. 1
- idioms close the books one for the book / books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary: The daring rescue was one for the book. 1
- idioms close the books on the books, entered in a list or record: He claims to have graduated from Harvard, but his name is not on the books. 1
- idioms close the books throw the book at, Informal. to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person. to punish or chide severely. 1