Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An engagement, as for a performance by an entertainer.
- n. A reservation, as for accommodations at a hotel.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of engaging or securing beforehand (by registry or payment) a box or seat at the opera, a passage on a steamer or train, etc.
Wiktionary
- v. present participle of book.
- n. The act or process of writing something down in (a) book(s), e.g. in accounting
- n. A reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel.
- n. The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
- n. 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.
- n. law The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
WordNet 3.0
- n. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
- n. the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
Etymologies
- From the verb to book, from the noun book (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Pretty soon the only place ole Axis Annie here will be able to get a booking is at a well financed compound in northern Idaho.”
“But it all went wrong when the unnamed company sent a stripper dressed as a policewoman instead of a "gorillagram"in what it called a booking error.... full article ...is that no one was suspended.”
“Now moving onto the customer segments where the discussion is on a global basis as measured by orders for what we call booking from year over year and at times sequentially.”
“If you are interested in booking a space please contact BookBrowse with your name, book title and the month (s) you are interested in, and we will reply to confirm availability, at which point you can decide if you wish to book.”
“All of his booking is handled by Chris Garlock, union coordinator and chief rat wrangler.”
“When a company or group was interested in booking a speaker they coordinated with an agent and were sent bios and videos of potential matches to their needs (the client was responsible for providing the video – make it a good quality video, that can make a huge difference).”
“Didn't they realize that she did a lot of the unappreciated grunt work in booking venues and stuff that, too?”
“Ray surrendered to authorities and was taken into custody at the sheriff's Prescott office to begin booking procedures.”
“Anyone every watch a Palin booking signing on Youtube.”
“She called her booking agent in Milan and informed her that she had finally hit bottom and was seeking help.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘booking’.
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Book Keeping
A collection of book words.
bookkeeping, book, audio book, Booker T. Washington, Booker T. & the M..., book club, bookie, bookseller, bookshelf, bookworm, bookmaker, book learning and 132 more...
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book phrases and words
having a look at book
book agent, book-answerer, book-astronomer, book-auction, book-auctioneer, book-bearer, book-birth, book-board, book-borrower, book-bosomed, book-bound, book-box and 264 more...
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SPOR - Olympic glossary
weightlift, orbitale, figure skate, speed skate, synchronizer, equestrian sport, bobsleigh, starting block, diesis, ligne, piste, water ski and 521 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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JURI - courtroom speak
Legal glossary with special focus on courtroom vocabulary
accused, acquittal, ADA, adjournment, adjudication, affidavit, affirmed, aggravated range, aggravating factors, allegation, alleged, answer and 794 more...
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Irish English that's not in American ...
Well-known phrases in Irish English that aren't understood in American English.
or next offer, hoover, plaster, soother, chimnea, craic, bits and bobs, grinds, jumper, mum, chancer, ticks all the boxes and 60 more...
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some-ing
king, offering, blessing, coping, earnings, trappings, breeding, during, offing, refreshing, sitting, outing and 208 more...
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Room At The Inn
Words to do with hotels, inns, resorts, guesthouses ... broad in scope :-)
no-show, guesthouse, booking, room, single, double, triple, restaurant, concierge, laundry service, turn-down, porter and 81 more...
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Jules Rimet A-Gleaming
Thinking of a better title. This list is about football/soccer. I don't want it to be simply a list of favourite players, clubs, etc. It's more about documenting key moments and concepts in the gam...
blattini, jules rimet, association football, offside, marking, striker, world cup, fifa, equaliser, booking, save, penalty box and 68 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for booking.
jodi IrE: e.g. booking required, booking essential. For IrE, use RSVP, reservation, or registration, depending on the context. Apr 21, 2011