booking

Thân thiện

I made a booking for a table at the restaurant.

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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
   • wondered who had made the booking
2. employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
   • the play had bookings throughout the summer

Từ đồng nghĩa

• reservation
• engagement