booking

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of book

plural bookings

1. countableuncountableThe act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
2. countableuncountableA 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.

   2022 September 21, Mel Holley, “MPs debate Avanti West Coast future as MD departs”, in RAIL, number 966, page 14

3. countableuncountableThe engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
4. countableuncountablehobbiesThe 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.
5. countableuncountablelawThe process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.