单词 | on the books |
释义 | > as lemmason (also upon) the books g. on (also upon) the books. extracted from bookn. (a) On a register of members, clients, patients, etc. Cf. to take (also strike, etc.) off the books at Phrases 2k(a). ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > [adverb] in scripturec1400 on (also upon) the books1714 1714 J. Egleton Vindic. Commons rejecting Treaty Nav. Pref. 4 Whether a Person in Court, who had been enter'd on the Books as polling for all the Candidates, should not lose his Vote. 1788 H. Watson in Med. Communications 2 258 She..continued on the books as an out-patient. 1858 J. Graham Jerusalem, its Missions, Schools, Converts, &c. under Bishop Gobat 44 He..saw the head-master, and the house-master, and found that..the lad was down on the books as having entered at Whitsunday 1854. 1887 Sun (Baltimore) 25 Oct. 1/8 Not a single bogus or fictitious name was shown upon the books. 1973 P. Arnold & C. Davis Hamlyn Bk. World Soccer 217/1 Portsmouth, in the sixties, were among the first to employ a first-team squad only, with about fifteen players on the books. 2002 V. Coren & C. Skelton Once more, with Feeling xx. 147 So we need a bisexual: handsome, young, blond, innocent..and on the books of a professional porn agency. (b) Of a law: in force. Cf. sense 3c, on the statute books at statute book n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1754 Universal Advertiser 21 Feb. 134 I desire to know by what Law? There is no such express Law on the Books. 1845 Universalist Watchman 15 Nov. 139/3 Nearly all the partialist clergy will do all in their power to keep the law on the books. 1896 Atlanta Constit. 23 Jan. 3/4 It did more to check the ways of the toughs there than did the laws upon the books. 1930 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 12 360 When emergencies arise, it is a good time to put basic needed legislation on the books. 1980 Sci. Amer. Apr. 63/3 Texas, which already has such a capital-punishment law on the books, currently ranks second in the nation, with 119 on death row. 2011 New Yorker 2 May 31/1 The Royal Marriages Act of 1772, which is still on the books, forbids any member of the Royal Family to marry without her [sc. the Queen's] permission. < as lemmas |
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