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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

"Oslo has seen booking growth of 154 percent year-over-year, Helsinki 124 percent... Those numbers tell me that travellers are actively looking beyond the traditional summer hotspots," said the expert and founder of Coolcation Adventures.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

He said booking tennis courts had been difficult since Eala's breakout Miami Open run last year.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

However, the charge is capped at five nights, so those booking for the whole month of August, for example, will not face a 5% cost on every night of their stay.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Dassault Aviation AM 7.01%increase; green up pointing triangle shares climbed after the French aerospace group posted a strong set of sales and earnings for the first half of the year despite booking sharply lower orders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

They probably figured we were still booking it down the beach, a long ways down there by now.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Check what your insurance policy says about flights, accommodation or trip bookings first.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

For fiscal 2027, the company said it continued to expect net bookings to fall by a high single-digit percentage from the nearly 1.53 billion euros it reported for fiscal 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The carrier added that its full-year performance depended on remaining bookings and fuel prices.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

I think we only had a couple days in between bookings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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