[syn: booking, reservation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Book \Book\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booked (b[oo^]kt); p. pr. &
vb. n. Booking.]
1. To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
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Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds.
--Shak.
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2. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose
of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; to reserve[2];
also, to make an arrangement for a reservation; as, to be
booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater; to
book a reservation at a restaurant.
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3. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is
booked for the valedictory. [Colloq.]
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Here I am booked for three days more in Paris.
--Charles
Reade.
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4. to make an official record of a charge against (a suspect
in a crime); -- performed by police.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
booking
n 1: employment for performers or performing groups that lasts
for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings
throughout the summer" [syn: engagement, booking]
2: the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the
services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the
booking" [syn: booking, reservation]