booking
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
booking
- present participle and gerund of book
Noun edit
booking (countable and uncountable, plural bookings)
- The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
- A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
- 2022 September 21, Mel Holley, “MPs debate Avanti West Coast future as MD departs”, in RAIL, number 966, page 14:
- Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time.
- The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
- (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.
- (law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
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Translations edit
writing something in (a) book(s)
reservation for a service
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engagement of a performer
sports: issuing of a caution
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Chinese edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
booking
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) booking or reservation of services (Classifier: 個/个 c)