booking

1 of 2

noun

book·​ing ˈbu̇-kiŋ How to pronounce booking (audio)
Synonyms of bookingnext
1
: the act of one that books
2
: an engagement or scheduled performance
3
: reservation sense 1c

booking

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present participle of book entry 3

Examples of booking in a Sentence

Noun She has several concert bookings this fall. The comedian missed some bookings because of illness. All booking is done by the band's manager.
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Noun
In social media posts, the Department of Homeland Security touted Yiannopoulos’ arrest and posted a booking photo of him. — Dave Collins, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Bumin's conveyor belt and Seo's booking platform are part of that remarkable healthcare ecosystem. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Henderson also likes the Garden's coming schedule of bookings, which remains robust. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026 While her postwar contemporaries Andy Warhol and Donald Judd were embraced by the art establishment and booking shows at commercial galleries, Kusama struggled to gain recognition for years. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for booking

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of booking was in 1790

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Legal Definition

booking

noun
book·​ing
: a procedure at a jail or police station following an arrest in which information about the arrest (as the time, the name of the arrested person, and the crime for which the arrest was made) is entered in the police register

Note: The arrested person is usually photographed and fingerprinted at the time of the booking.

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