English Explanatory Dictionary

on the books

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Contained in an official list (of members, employees, clients, projects etc.).
  2. Recorded or registered, especially in an official or definitive manner.
  3. Officially recorded in the financial records of a company or organization.
  4. Officially recorded in the lawbooks; having the force of enacted law.

Word forms

on the books on someone's books

Etymology

Compare books (“accounting records”).

Related words

on the book off the books
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