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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