Definitions for booking

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booking book·ing

Spelling: [boo k-ing]

IPA: /ˈbʊk ɪŋ/

Booking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in booking (bgiknoo).

Definitions for booking

noun

1. a contract, engagement, or scheduled performance of a professional entertainer.
2. reservation (def 5).
3. the act of a person who books.
4. a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
5. a work of fiction or nonfiction in an electronic format: See also e-book (def 1).
6. a number of sheets of blank or ruled paper bound together for writing, recording business transactions, etc.
7. a division of a literary work, especially one of the larger divisions.
8. the Book, the Bible.
9. Music. the text or libretto of an opera, operetta, or musical.
10. books, book of account.
11. Jazz. the total repertoire of a band.
12. a script or story for a play.
13. a record of bets, as on a horse race.
14. Cards. the number of basic tricks or cards that must be taken before any trick or card counts in the score.
15. a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book.
16. anything that serves for the recording of facts or events:
17. Sports. a collection of facts and information about the usual playing habits, weaknesses, methods, etc., of an opposing team or player, especially in baseball:
18. Stock Exchange. the customers served by each registered representative in a brokerage house. a loose-leaf binder kept by a specialist to record orders to buy and sell stock at specified prices.
19. a pile or package of leaves, as of tobacco.
20. Mineralogy. a thick block or crystal of mica.
21. a magazine: used especially in magazine publishing.
22. book value.
23. Slang. bookmaker (def 1).
24. the book. a set of rules, conventions, or standards: the telephone book:

Idioms

1. bring to book, to call to account; bring to justice:
2. by the book, according to the correct or established form; in the usual manner:
3. close the books, to balance accounts at the end of an accounting period; settle accounts.
4. cook the books, Informal. cook1 (def 12)
5. in one's bad books, out of favor; disliked by someone:
6. in one's book, in one's personal judgment or opinion:
7. in one's good books, in favor; liked by someone.
8. like a book, completely; thoroughly:
9. make book, to accept or place the bets of others, as on horse races, especially as a business. to wager; bet:
10. off the books, done or performed for cash or without keeping full business records: especially as a way to avoid paying income tax, employment benefits, etc.:
11. one for the book / books, a noteworthy incident; something extraordinary:
12. on the books, entered in a list or record:
13. throw the book at, Informal. to sentence (an offender, lawbreaker, etc.) to the maximum penalties for all charges against that person. to punish or chide severely.
14. without book, from memory. without authority:
15. write the book, to be the prototype, originator, leader, etc., of:

adjective

1. of or relating to a book or books:
2. derived or learned from or based on books:
3. shown by a book of account:

Verb phrases

1. book in, to sign in, as at a job.
2. book out, to sign out, as at a job.
3. book up, to sell out in advance:

verb (used with object)

1. to enter in a book or list; record; register.
2. to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.):
3. to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.:
4. to engage for one or more performances.
5. to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register.
6. to act as a bookmaker for (a bettor, bet, or sum of money):

verb (used without object)

1. to register one's name.
2. to engage a place, services, etc.
3. Slang. to study hard, as a student before an exam: to leave; depart: to work as a bookmaker:

Origin of booking

First recorded in 1635-45; book + -ing¹

Examples for booking

In a quarter of an hour they were at Euston in the booking office.

When booking your next travels, think Rila, Kanazawa, and Saba.

Even Tony Hogue and his friend, who was a JF Images booking agent, had trouble wrapping their brains around it.

They forgot that the booking is as nothing, the incidentals everything.

To some, this means being able to draft an email while booking a flight.

There was never any trouble in booking it at the top-notch price.

It was necessary to hasten, so that he might be sure of booking a place in the diligence.

Our awesome booking agency, High Road Touring, takes a commission for booking the tour.

They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.

When the ragged edges are trimmed off, the foil is ready for booking.