Overview of noun booking

The noun booking has 2 senses

• engagement, booking -- (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer")


• booking, reservation -- (the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking")

Overview of verb book

The verb book has 4 senses

• book -- (engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo")


• reserve, hold, book -- (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's")


• book -- (record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man")


• book -- (register in a hotel booker)