rebook

verb

re·​book (ˌ)rē-ˈbu̇k How to pronounce rebook (audio)
rebooked; rebooking; rebooks

transitive + intransitive

: to book again or anew
rebooking the passengers on other flights
The band had to rebook their shows.
rebook a hotel room
Seats were still hard to come by as passengers scrambled to rebook flights.Corilyn Shropshire
… was rebooked on suspicion of battery against a correctional officer after an incident that took place while he was in custody.Gus Thomson
When I tried to rebook, an agent told me there were no options in the Caribbean for the same dates.Christopher Elliott

Examples of rebook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Contact your airline Airlines should rebook passengers automatically, but that could take much longer as carriers recover from the hurricane, so passengers may have to take more initiative. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024 All 10 of them will rebook you on the same airline when your flight is disrupted or canceled and provide meals. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2024 If not, airlines would have to offer the option to rebook for free or stay on the flight in nonadjacent seats. Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2024 Frontier will not rebook travelers on other airlines, cover a hotel or provide transportation to a hotel for overnight cancellations. Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rebook 

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Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rebook was in 1846

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“Rebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebook. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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