book vs register

book

verb
  • To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book. 

  • To record bets as bookmaker. 

  • To receive the highest grade in a class. 

  • To leave. 

  • To reserve (something) for future use. 

  • To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action. 

  • To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued. 

  • simple past tense of bake 

  • To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something. 

  • To travel very fast. 

noun
  • A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet). 

  • A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement). 

  • A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game. 

  • A major division of a long work. 

  • A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use. 

  • Records of the accounts of a business. 

  • A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant. 

  • Six tricks taken by one side. 

  • Four of a kind. 

  • The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps. 

  • The script of a musical or opera. 

  • A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry. 

  • The twenty-sixth Lenormand card. 

  • A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc. 

  • Any source of instruction. 

  • The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame. 

  • 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. 

  • A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game. 

register

verb
  • To record, especially in writing. 

  • To sign-up, especially to vote. 

  • To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned. 

  • To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial. 

  • To express outward signs. 

  • To buy the full version of trial software by providing one's details and payment. 

  • To make an impression. 

  • To enter in a register; to enlist. 

  • To record officially and handle specially. 

  • To place one's name, or have one's name placed in a register. 

  • To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly. 

noun
  • A style of a language used in a particular context. 

  • A device that automatically records a quantity. 

  • The act of registering. 

  • An organ stop. 

  • One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events. 

  • The inner part of the mould in which types are cast. 

  • A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow. 

  • A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs, or intermediate results of computations. 

  • A list of received calls in a phone set. 

  • A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc. 

  • A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections. 

  • A book of such entries. 

  • The range of a voice or instrument. 

  • The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received. 

  • A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title. 

  • An entry in such a book. 

  • The exact alignment of lines, margins, and colors. 

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