Off-book

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to perform scripted material from memory, without need to refer to the text.
  2. 2
    Off the books, not officially recorded.

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

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

Etymology

From off- + book.

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