booking
Definition
Noun: 1. The act of making a reservation: The action of arranging in advance to secure a place, a service, or a person's time. This is the most common meaning. 2. An engagement for a performer or group: A scheduled performance or series of performances for an entertainer, musician, or theatrical group over a specific, limited period.
Usage and Examples
As a reservation:
- I made a booking for two at the restaurant for 8 PM.
- The online booking system for flights is very convenient.
- All bookings for the hotel must be guaranteed with a credit card.
As a performance engagement:
- The jazz band has several bookings at clubs in the city next month.
- The comedian's national tour includes bookings in over twenty cities.
- After the good reviews, the play received more bookings from other theaters.
Advanced Usage
- "To be fully booked": To have no more reservations or availability.
- The concert is fully booked; there are no tickets left.
- "Double booking": An error where the same resource (like a room or time slot) is reserved for two different clients.
- There was a double booking for the conference room, causing a scheduling conflict.
Variants and Related Words
- Book (verb): The action of making a booking.
- We need to book our vacation soon.
- Bookable (adjective): Available to be reserved.
- All seats for this event are bookable online.
- Booker (noun): A person whose job is to secure engagements for performers.
- The band's booker arranged a six-month tour.
Synonyms
- Reservation: An arrangement to have something held for one's use.
- I have a reservation under the name Smith.
- Appointment: An arrangement to meet someone at a specific time.
- She has a doctor's appointment at 3 PM.
- Engagement: A formal arrangement to do something, especially for performers.
- The orchestra has a two-week engagement at the festival.
Related Phrases
- Booking office: A place where tickets or reservations are sold.
- You can buy train tickets at the booking office.
- Booking fee/charge: An additional fee added to the cost of a ticket for the service of making the reservation.
- The ticket price does not include the $5 booking fee.
Noun
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the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
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wondered who had made the booking
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employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
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the play had bookings throughout the summer
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