Idioms for book
Origin of book
before 900; Middle English, Old English
bōc; cognate with Dutch
boek, Old Norse
bōk, German
Buch; akin to Gothic
boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to
beech, as is often assumed
SYNONYMS FOR book
OTHER WORDS FROM book
Words nearby book
boogie-woogie,
boogieman,
boohai,
boohoo,
boojum tree,
book,
book bag,
book burning,
book club,
book end,
book gill
British Dictionary definitions for close the books
book
/ (bʊk) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for book
Old English
bōc; related to Old Norse
bōk, Old High German
buoh book, Gothic
bōka letter; see
beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)
Idioms and Phrases with close the books (1 of 2)
close the books
Stop financial transactions; end a matter. For example, The entire estate went at the auction, so we can close the books on it, or He was glad to close the books on this case.
Idioms and Phrases with close the books (2 of 2)
book
see balance the books; black book; bring to book; by the book; closed book; close the books; cook the books; crack a book; hit the books; in one's book; in someone's bad graces (books); judge a book by its cover; know like a book; make book; nose in a book; one for the books; open book; take a leaf out of someone's book; throw the book at; wrote the book on.