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Noun: booking  bû-king
  1. Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
    "the play had bookings throughout the summer";
    - engagement
     
  2. The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
    "wondered who had made the booking";
    - reservation
Verb: book  bûk
  1. Engage for a performance
    "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
     
  2. Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
    "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family";
    - reserve, hold
     
  3. Record a charge in a police register
    "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
     
  4. Register in a hotel booker
     
  5. (sports) issue a caution for foul play

Derived forms: bookings

Type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, employment, engagement, enter, put down, quest, record, register, request, schedule, work

Encyclopedia: Booking

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