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ORDER BOOK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does order book mean?
• ORDER BOOK (noun)
The noun ORDER BOOK has 2 senses:
1. a printed copy of the order of the day
2. a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order
Familiarity information: ORDER BOOK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A printed copy of the order of the day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
order book; order paper
Hypernyms ("order book" is a kind of...):
order of the day (the order of business for an assembly on a given day)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("order book" is a kind of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
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