"booking" in the noun sense
1. engagement, booking
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
"the play had bookings throughout the summer"
2. booking, reservation
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group
"wondered who had made the booking"
"booking" in the verb sense
1. book
engage for a performance
"Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
2. reserve, hold, book
arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
"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"
3. book
record a charge in a police register
"The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
4. book
register in a hotel booker
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