Putting on the Books is a term used to describe a process of fraudulently recording false information in a company's financial records. This is done to make the company appear more profitable than it actually is, and can be done by either inflating revenue or understating expenses. The term Putting on the Books comes from the idea of writing false information into the company's books. Enacting is an 8 letter word that means to bring into effect or put into practice. In this context, enacting would refer to the act of fraudulently recording false information in the company's financial records.