# bookmaking

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #67,272

## Definitions
1. The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
2. The art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others.

## Etymology
From Middle English boke-making, equivalent to book + making.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bookmaking