Book-into
verb
(preposition) to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at (a hotel)
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a removable paper cover, usually illustrated, for protecting the binding of a book and usually giving information about the book and the author.
- Bookkeeping
the work or skill of keeping account books or systematic records of money transactions (distinguished from accounting). Historical Examples The Living Present Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton Godfrey Morgan Jules Verne The Bible and Life Edwin Holt Hughes Kent Knowles: Quahaug Joseph C. Lincoln Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama Walter L. Fleming The Wall Street […]
- Book-of-kells
an illuminated manuscript (a.d. c800) in the Hiberno-Saxon style. Book of Kells. noun See Kells
- Book--learning
knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience. formal education: She thought that common sense was just as important as book learning. Historical Examples First and Last H. Belloc ‘Smiles’ Eliot H. Robinson Harding’s luck E. [Edith] Nesbit Men of Our Times Harriet Beecher Stowe The Outdoor Chums in […]
- Booklouse
any of numerous minute, wingless insects of the order Psocoptera, often living among books or papers. noun (pl) -lice any small insect of the order Psocoptera, esp Trogium pulsatorium (common booklouse), a wingless species that feeds on bookbinding paste, etc