booking

Study(12)

/ˈbʊkɪŋ/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + BOOKING

make

She made a booking at the restaurant for her parents' anniversary dinner next month.

cancel | confirm | change

accept, take

The hotel takes bookings up to one year in advance through their website.

BOOKING + NOUN

fee, form, system | office | clerk

PREP

~ for

I need to make a hotel booking for next month's vacation before all the rooms sell out.

Definitions

noun

The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.

A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time.

The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.

The issuing of a caution which is usually written down in a book, and results in a yellow card or (after two bookings) a red card, that is to say, the player is sent from the field of play.

The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — employment for performers or performing groups that lasts fo

engagement

noun — the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the se

reservation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time.

Wiktionary

When booking flights, I decided the easiest way would be to fly to Beijing first, then get the train to complete my journey.

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The growth of online shopping and booking has greatly improved life for the consumers.

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Shopping and booking online can be very useful because people can find everything they need directly from their houses.

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He's very fastidious when it comes to booking trips.

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The help can not come soon enough for Seoul travel agency owner Lee Jeong-hwan. No customers are calling, he says, let alone booking trips.

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