ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Off-book

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Off-book is an adjective meaning (theater) Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text.

Meaning

(theater) Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text.

More Meanings

  1. (accounting) Off the books, not officially recorded.

Example Sentences

An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ad-libbed, teleprompterless, theatreless, self-acting, playless, scriptless.

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