business book

  • 41book value — book values N COUNT In business, the book value of an asset is the value it is given in the account books of the company that owns it. The insured value of the airplane was greater than its book value, so the airline made a profit of $1.7 million …

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  • 42book of account — n. 1. a book to keep accounts in; ledger 2. any of the records needed for auditing the accounts of a business; journal …

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  • 43book-debt — bookˈ debt noun A sum owing to a seller, as shown in the seller s business books • • • Main Entry: ↑book …

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  • 44book|bind|ing — «BUK BYN dihng», noun. 1. the binding on a book. 2. the act, art, or business of binding books …

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  • 45book´ish|ly — book|ish «BUK ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of reading or studying; studious: »The bookish boy spent many hours reading. SYNONYM(S): scholarly. 2. knowing books better than real life: »The scholar was a bookish man, lost in the business world.… …

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  • 46book|ish — «BUK ihsh», adjective. 1. fond of reading or studying; studious: »The bookish boy spent many hours reading. SYNONYM(S): scholarly. 2. knowing books better than real life: »The scholar was a bookish man, lost in the business world. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 47book|mak|er — «BUK MAY kuhr», noun. 1. a person who makes a business of accepting bets on horse races or other contests at odds fixed by himself. 2. a maker of a book or books; a writer, editor, or manufacturer of books …

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  • 48book|man — «BUK muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a man of letters; scholar; student. 2. Informal. a person in the book business; an editor, publisher, or manufacturer of books …

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  • 49book value — book .value n 1.) how much a car of a particular age, style etc should be worth if you sold it 2.) technical a) the value of a business after you sell all of its ↑assets and pay all of its debts b) the value of something that a company owns,… …

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  • 50book value — book ,value noun count BUSINESS the official or expected value of a company or product, as calculated in accounts or stated in information about prices …

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