RULE BOOK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

Example:

they run things by the book around here

Synonyms:

book; rule book

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("rule book" is a kind of...):

accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)

Meronyms (parts of "rule book"):

prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)

rule (directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted)