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Business Dictionary :
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Book : noun :
(a) Set of sheets of paper attached together
• A company's books = the financial records of a company
Account Book = book which records sales and purchases
Cash Book = record of cash
Order Book = record of orders
• The company has a full order book = it has sufficient orders to keep the workforce occupied.
Purchase Book = records of purchases
Sales Book = records of sales
Book Sales = sales as recorded in the sales book
Book Value = value as recorded in the company's books
Bank Book = book which shows money which you have deposited or withdrawn from a bank account
Cheque Book = book of new cheques
Phone Book or Telephone Book = book which lists names of people or companies with their addresses and telephone numbers
Book : verb : to order or to reserve something : to book a room in a hotel or a table at a restaurant or a ticket on a plane
• I booked a table for 7.45.
• He booked a ticket through to Cairo.
• To book someone into a hotel or onto a flight = to order a room or a plane ticket for someone
• He was booked on the 09.00 flight to Zurich.
• The hotel or the flight is fully booked or is booked up = all the rooms or scats arc reserved.
• The restaurant is booked up over the Christmas period.