Buch — meaning in English

English meaning

• book noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
• ledger noun A book or record used to track financial transactions.

Senses

Buch is used for these senses in English:

• book A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
• book (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
• omasum (biology, food) The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.

book — full definition

1. noun A set of printed or written pages bound together, meant to be read.
2. noun A record of a business's financial transactions (usually plural: "the books").
3. noun A person or organization that takes bets on the outcome of events; short for bookmaker.
4. verb To arrange or reserve something in advance.
5. verb To formally record a suspect's details after an arrest.

ledger — full definition

1. noun A book or record used to track financial transactions.
2. verb To fish using a weight that holds the bait on the riverbed.

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