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See Also:

• 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

Inflected Forms

noun

• bookings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of booking

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

Example Sentences

UBS identifies Amazon, PepsiCo, and Booking Holdings as potential future outperformers; consumer ETFs are down year-to-date.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Booking massive financial losses, the company faced bankruptcy, leading the German government to step in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Booking is required with tickets available on the venue's website.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Booking Holdings pared early losses, edging up 0.3%.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

“You two can go home. It says here Yvonne Grayson was sent down to Central Booking to see a judge.”

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore