on the books
prep_phraseEtymology
Compare books (“accounting records”).
Definitions
Contained in an official list (of members, employees, clients, projects etc.).
- The research was carried out by studying the medical records of some 17m people on the books of GPs in England and the 5,683 covid-attributable deaths therein.
- This forced the company to focus on developing advanced projects on its books. And fast. All too often, it ended up selling out at an early stage just to get money in to keep the show on the road.
Recorded or registered, especially in an official or definitive manner.
- The event was free, but there was a donation bowl for those who wanted to contribute and it was pretty packed with greenbacks. The first community soup event was on the books now.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for on the books. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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