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

Inflected Forms

noun

• bookings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of booking

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

Example Sentences

So if a user is booking a flight, flight information will be pulled from an email and show up on the call screen.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

So if a user is booking a flight, flight information will be pulled from an email and show up on the call screen.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

"At one point, I didn't have a test there for six months, simply because none of my students could get one at booking there," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Ironically, when Siri launched as an independent app 16 years ago, what its co-founders built was an agent to complete tasks like booking restaurant reservations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I put on my coat and slip out of my room, booking it down the hall to the double doors and down the elevator to the east lobby.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott