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Definitions for Booking

[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: Your child can listen to or read the book online. 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: The petrified tree was a book of Nature.
[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: The White Sox book on Mickey Mantle cautioned pitchers to keep the ball fast and high.
[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 solution was not according to the book but it served the purpose. the telephone book: I've looked him up, but he's not in the book.
[25] to enter in a book or list; record; register.
[26] to reserve or make a reservation for (a hotel room, passage on a ship, etc.): We booked a table at our favorite restaurant.
[27] to register or list (a person) for a place, transportation, appointment, etc.: The travel agent booked us for next week's cruise.
[28] to engage for one or more performances.
[29] to enter an official charge against (an arrested suspect) on a police register.
[30] to act as a bookmaker for (a bettor, bet, or sum of money): The Philadelphia syndicate books 25 million dollars a year on horse racing.
[31] to register one's name.
[32] to engage a place, services, etc.
[33] Slang . to study hard, as a student before an exam: He left the party early to book. to leave; depart: I'm bored with this party, let's book. to work as a bookmaker: He started a restaurant with money he got from booking.
[34] of or relating to a book or books: the book department; a book salesman.
[35] derived or learned from or based on books: a book knowledge of sailing.
[36] shown by a book of account: The firm's book profit was $53,680.
[37] book in , to sign in, as at a job.
[38] book out , to sign out, as at a job.
[39] book up , to sell out in advance: The hotel is booked up for the Christmas holidays.
[40] mainly British a reservation, as of a table or room in a hotel, seat in a theatre, or seat on a train, aircraft, etc (as modifier ) the booking office at a railway station
[41] theatre an engagement for the services of an actor or acting company
[42] a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers See also hardback, paperback
[43] a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary (as modifier ) the book trade ; book reviews (in combination ) bookseller ; bookshop ; bookshelf ; bookrack
[44] a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc
[45] (plural) a record of the transactions of a business or society
[46] the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc
[47] a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible
[48] a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge
[49] bookmaking a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event
[50] (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book
[51] strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book )
[52] a source of knowledge or authority the book of life
[53] a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book )
[54] the book (sometimes capital) the Bible
[55] an open book a person or subject that is thoroughly understood
[56] a closed book a person or subject that is unknown or beyond comprehension chemistry is a closed book to him
[57] bring to book to reprimand or require (someone) to give an explanation of his conduct
[58] close the book on to bring to a definite end we have closed the book on apartheid
[59] close the books accounting to balance accounts in order to prepare a statement or report
[60] cook the books informal to make fraudulent alterations to business or other accounts
[61] in my book according to my view of things
[62] in someone's bad books regarded by someone with disfavour
[63] in someone's good books regarded by someone with favour
[64] keep the books to keep written records of the finances of a business or other enterprise
[65] on the books enrolled as a member registered or recorded
[66] read someone like a book to understand a person, or his motives, character, etc, thoroughly and clearly
[67] throw the book at to charge with every relevant offence to inflict the most severe punishment on
[68] to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance to book a flight ; to book a band
[69] (tr) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal
[70] (tr) (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player's dismissal from the field
[71] (tr) archaic to record in a book

Words related to Booking

gig

Words nearby Booking

booked up, bookend, booker, booker prize, bookie, booking, booking agent, booking clerk, booking office, bookish, bookkeeping

Origin of Booking

before 900; Middle English, Old English bōc; cognate with Dutch boek, Old Norse bōk, German Buch; akin to Gothic boka letter (of the alphabet) and not of known relation to beech, as is often assumed

Other words from Booking

book·less , adjective
book·like , adjective
pre·book , verb
re·book , verb
un·booked , adjective

Word origin for Booking

Old English bōc ; related to Old Norse bōk , Old High German buoh book, Gothic bōka letter; see beech (the bark of which was used as a writing surface)

Synonyms for Booking

gig, performance date, play date, tour date