Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An engagement, as for a performance by an entertainer.
- noun A reservation, as for accommodations at a hotel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of engaging or securing beforehand (by registry or payment) a box or seat at the opera, a passage on a steamer or train, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
book . - noun The act or process of
writing something down in (a)book (s), e.g. in accounting - noun A
reservation for aservice , such asaccommodation in anhotel . - noun The
engagement of aperformer for a particularperformance . - noun sports The issuing of a
caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in ayellow card or (after two bookings) ared card , that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play. - noun law The process of
photographing ,fingerprinting andrecording identifying data of asuspect followingarrest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
- noun the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Pretty soon the only place ole Axis Annie here will be able to get a booking is at a well financed compound in northern Idaho.
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But it all went wrong when the unnamed company sent a stripper dressed as a policewoman instead of a "gorillagram"in what it called a booking error.... full article ...is that no one was suspended.
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But it all went wrong when the unnamed company sent a stripper dressed as a policewoman instead of a "gorillagram"in what it called a booking error.... full article ...is that no one was suspended.
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Now moving onto the customer segments where the discussion is on a global basis as measured by orders for what we call booking from year over year and at times sequentially.
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Now moving onto the customer segments where the discussion is on a global basis as measured by orders for what we call booking from year over year and at times sequentially.
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All of his booking is handled by Chris Garlock, union coordinator and chief rat wrangler.
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When a company or group was interested in booking a speaker they coordinated with an agent and were sent bios and videos of potential matches to their needs (the client was responsible for providing the video – make it a good quality video, that can make a huge difference).
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Didn't they realize that she did a lot of the unappreciated grunt work in booking venues and stuff that, too?
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If you are interested in booking a space please contact BookBrowse with your name, book title and the month (s) you are interested in, and we will reply to confirm availability, at which point you can decide if you wish to book.
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All of his booking is handled by Chris Garlock, union coordinator and chief rat wrangler.
jodi commented on the word booking
IrE: e.g. booking required, booking essential. For IrE, use RSVP, reservation, or registration, depending on the context.
April 21, 2011