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• present participle of book.

booking

American  

[book-ing] / ˈbʊk ɪŋ /

noun

• bookings
  plural

1. a contract, engagement, or scheduled performance of a professional entertainer.

2. reservation.

3. the act of making a reservation or scheduling an engagement for someone.

4. the act of recording a piece of information in a book or register, such as the official charge laid against an arrested person.

5. Soccer. the act, by a referee, of issuing a yellow card or a following red card to a player who has committed a cautionable offense.

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booking British  

/ ˈbʊkɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. a reservation, as of a table or room in a hotel, seat in a theatre, or seat on a train, aircraft, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      the booking office at a railway station

2. theatre an engagement for the services of an actor or acting company

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bookings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of booking

First recorded in 1635–45; book + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

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booking bookings

None of the company’s three data center projects is operational, and there are a number of hurdles it has to cross before it can start booking the chunky revenue it envisions for itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

A reader searching for a one-way flight from Miami to Charleston, S.C., ended up booking through a company called Flight Network instead of directly with the airline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dell’s stock rose 12%, also booking a record close, the data showed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Shares of the AI-powered corporate travel booking platform sank after revealing higher operating costs and widening losses, but Wall Street says that isn’t the full story.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Leah still received about half a dozen booking telegrams each day, but the requests for appearances seemed to slow.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

And the five-bedroom, three-story Oklahoma lodge he owns is listed online as a short-term rental for up to $1,200 a night, with fall bookings filling up fast.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Trump had called the meeting to discuss how to improve bookings at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, according to people familiar with the conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

According to EasyJet Holidays, cited by the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, bookings to Greece increased by 18 percent in the weeks following the film's international release in mid-July.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The operator said affected passengers who had bookings would be contacted by customer services.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

His for Estha alone, because Chacko had gone to see about the bookings at the Hotel Sea Queen.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy