Booking

Quick meaning: Booking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of book.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of book.

More Meanings

1. The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
2. A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
3. The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
4. (law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
5. (sports) The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.

Example Sentences

Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time.

Word Forms

• bookings

Synonyms for booking

Depending on context, synonyms include engagement, reservation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include engagement, reservation, register, registration, registry, subscription.

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