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Webster 1828 Edition


Booking

BOOK'ING

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ppr.
Registering in a book.

Definition 2024


booking

booking

English

Verb

booking

  1. present participle of book

Noun

booking (plural bookings)

  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 accommodation in an hotel.
  3. The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
  4. (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.
  5. (law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect following arrest.

Derived terms

  • booking clerk
  • booking office

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