bookbook1 /bʊk/ noun → cash received book → duplicate book → purchase (day) book → sales day book → sales returns book2books [plural]MANUFACTURING a list of a company’s clients and orders for goodsThe company has 100 firm orders for two different aircraft on its books.
3books [plural]HUMAN RESOURCES a company’s records of the people working for itThe 206,000 employees on its books last summer have now fallen to 185,000.
→ bank book → log book → minute book → plat book → rule book → statutory book5FINANCE a list of the bonds, shares etc that a dealer has to offer at a particular timeMarketmakers were running down their books ahead of the holiday.