off-book

ɔf bʊk

Definition

Definition of off-book - Reverso English Dictionary

Adverb

theater

Rare

performing without referring to the script

Rare

The actor performed off-book during the rehearsal.

extemporaneous

memorized

unrehearsed

accounting

TECH.

conducting transactions not officially recorded

TECH.

The company handled some deals off-book to avoid taxes.

unrecorded

unregistered

Adjective

theater

Rare

able to perform from memory without script

Rare

The actor was off-book by the second rehearsal.

extemporaneous

memorized

unrehearsed

accounting

TECH.

not officially recorded in financial accounts

TECH.

The company had off-book transactions to hide profits.

unrecorded

unregistered

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Origin of off-book

English, off (away) + book (record)

Examples of off-book in a sentence

The director encouraged the cast to go off-book.
They managed to keep some profits off-book for years.
Off-book transactions were discovered during the audit.
By opening night, the entire cast was off-book.
She was proud to be off-book so early in rehearsals.
They kept off-book accounts to avoid taxes.

Off-book deals were made to secure the contract.

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French:sans texte, par cœur, ...
German:textfrei, textfest, ...
Italian:a memoria, fuori bilancio, ...
Spanish:de memoria, no registrado, ...
Portuguese:sem roteiro, não registado, ...
Chinese:不看剧本地, 脱稿的, ...
Japanese:台本を見ずに, 台本なしで, ...
Arabic:عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْب, حافِظ, ...
Hebrew:לְלֹא תַסְרִיט, בְּעַל פֶּה, ...
Russian:без сценария, по памяти, ...
Ukrainian:без сценарію, запам'ятований, ...
Hindi:बिना स्क्रिप्ट देखे, स्क्रिप्ट-मुक्त, ...
Bengali:স্ক্রিপ্ট ছাড়াই, মুখস্থ, ...
Catalan:sense guió, no registrat, ...
Czech:zpaměti, naučený zpaměti, ...
Danish:uden manuskript, udenad, ...
Dutch:zonder script, uit het hoofd, ...
Greek:χωρίς σενάριο, από μνήμης, ...
Hungarian:fejből, szövegtudó, ...
Khmer:ដោយមិនមើលស្គ្រីប, ចងចាំអត្ថបទសម្តែងបានដោយមិនចាំបាច់មើលស្គ្រីប, ...
Korean:대본 없이, 암기한, ...
Persian:بدون متن, از حفظ, ...
Polish:z pamięci, grający z pamięci, ...
Portuguese (BR):de cor, extraoficial, ...
Romanian:fără scenariu, ascuns, ...
Swedish:utan manus, manusfri, ...
Thai:โดยไม่ดูบท, โดยไม่ต้องดูบท, ...
Turkish:metne bakmadan, ezberden oynayan, ...
Vietnamese:không cần kịch bản, nhớ kịch bản, ...

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