booking

noun

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

Examples of booking in a Sentence

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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Its annual earnings outlook had been pulled in April due to tariff uncertainty but was reinstated as bookings stabilized. Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 July 2025 The travel booking website told CNN that the top three states searching for Puerto Rico during the residency come from New York, Florida and California. Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 11 July 2025 That booking will make a lot more sense once the world hears their debut album, R Is for Rocket, out Oct. 3 via Transgressive Records. Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2025 The carrier's outlook for summer travel beat Wall Street expectations, with Bastian saying bookings have stabilized albeit at a lower than the start of the year. Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for booking

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of booking was in 1790

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“Booking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booking. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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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