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booking

/ˈbʊkɪŋ/ Australia, US, UK
/ˈbɵkɪŋ/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈbuːkɪŋ/
/ˈbʉkɪŋ/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -ʊkɪŋ

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of book

noun bookings

countable, uncountable The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
countable, uncountable 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.
countable, uncountable The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
countable, uncountable 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.
countable, uncountable The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.

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noun writing something in (a) book(s)

Português	anotar

noun reservation for a service

Español	reserva
한국어	예약 yeyak
日本語	予約 yoyaku
中文	預訂 /预订 yùdìng, 訂位 /订位 dìngwèi, 預約 /预约 yùyuē
Português	reserva
Français	réservation
Deutsch	Buchung, Reservierung
Italiano	prenotazione
Ελληνικά	κράτηση krátisi
Русский	резерви́рование rezervírovanije, зака́з zakáz, брони́рование bronírovanije, бронь bronʹ, бу́кинг búking
Tiếng Việt	đặt, thuê, giữ chỗ
العربية	حَجْز ḥajz

noun engagement of a performer

中文	預約 /预约 yùyuē
Русский	зака́з zakáz, ангажеме́нт angažemént
Tiếng Việt	sắp, đặt lịch, lên lịch, tổ chức

noun sports: issuing of a caution

Español	amonestación
Français	réserve
Русский	предупрежде́ние predupreždénije, вы́говор výgovor

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@misc{booking_2026,
  title = {booking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/booking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}