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booking

noun

book·​ing ˈbu̇-kiŋ How to pronounce booking (audio)
Synonyms of bookingnext
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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The booking window is open through December 2, 2025, for stays between November 30, 2025, to February 22, 2026. Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025 Hopper economist Hayley Berg found that 26% of holiday bookings in 2024 happened in the last two weeks before departure, 4% greater than in 2019. Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025 Rodriguez was transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center for booking. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025 The booking of the WarGames match and the post-match interactions were explicitly designed to set up these directions. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for booking

Word History

First Known Use

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 5 Dec. 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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