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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

An investigation was launched after police received a report that a member of staff working for an MP had allegedly made unauthorised purchases through a travel booking system, the Metropolitan Police previously said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

"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

“As consumer confidence increases, we are seeing the load factor gap close for peak summer and an extension of the booking curve as customers continue,” Chief Executive Kenton Jarvis said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

What are your ways of scouting out bands you want to take a chance on when booking the festival?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

On Monday morning, I sat down to plan my week, scheduling massage appointments, booking sessions with my trainer, arranging lesson times with my coach.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Spending on restaurants, the company’s biggest category, rose 10% and travel bookings jumped 22%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

There were all those train bookings and boat bookings and hotel bookings to be made in advance by letter.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl