booking Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
    engagement.
    • the play had bookings throughout the summer
  2. noun the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
    reservation.
    • wondered who had made the booking
  3. verb engage for a performance
    book.
    • Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo
  4. verb arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
    hold; book; reserve.
    • reserve me a seat on a flight
    • The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family
    • please hold a table at Maxim's
  5. verb record a charge in a police register
    book.
    • The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man
  6. verb register in a hotel booker
    book.

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