booking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of book

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
2. (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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
4. (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.
5. (countable, uncountable)The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.