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rule-book

rule-book is the alternative spelling of rulebook.

Meaning of rulebook

Noun

rulebook (plural rulebooks)

  1. A book containing a set of rules.
    • In our rapidly changing business environment, rulebooks swiftly become redundant, and businesses must rely on their senior executives to be confident in their decisions.2012 August 30, Rose Hoare, “How seeing the big picture could bring success, fulfillment”, in CNN

Forms of rule-book

pluralrule-books

Questions about rule-book

What is rule-book the alternative spelling of?
Rule-book is the alternative spelling of rulebook.

Words near rule-book in the dictionary

  1. rule the roost
  2. rule the school
  3. rule utilitarianism
  4. rule with a rod of iron
  5. rule-based
  6. rule-book
  7. rule-books
  8. rule-bound
  9. rule-breaker
  10. rule-follower
  11. rule-followers

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