off-book
Script fully memorized
Off-book describes an actor who has memorized their lines and no longer needs the script: We're off-book by next rehearsal.
In finance, off-book refers to transactions or assets not recorded in official accounts, often to hide debt or inflate profits: The company kept millions in off-book liabilities.
The theatrical sense is neutral; the financial sense usually implies deception.
Stored in recall
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- scriptWritten words for performance
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
- cueTrigger for action
dialogue · monologue · scene · performance · actor · blocking · prompter · understudy
Not written down
- unreportedNot officially documented
- undisclosedNot made known
- cashReady spending funds
- under-the-tableSecret and unofficial
unofficial · hidden · undeclared · unaudited · informal · untraceable · covert · laundering
memorized
Stored in recall
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- scriptWritten words for performance
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
cue · dialogue · monologue · scene · performance · actor · blocking · prompter · understudy · director
unrecorded
Not written down
- unreportedNot officially documented
- undisclosedNot made known
- cashReady spending funds
under-the-table · unofficial · hidden · undeclared · unaudited · informal · untraceable · covert · laundering
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- rehearsalread-through, table read, tech rehearsal, dry run, final rehearsal
off-bookon the books
Legally enacted or recorded
recorded · documented · accounted for · reported · above board
off-bookon the record
Openly stated, quotable
official · sanctioned · authorized · documented · legitimate
off, book, offs, books, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, booklets