booking

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(bʊk'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. An engagement, as for a performance by an entertainer.
  2. A reservation, as for accommodations at a hotel.

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noun

    A commitment, as for a performance by an entertainer: engagement. Slang gig. See performing arts.

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The procedure by which law enforcement officials record facts about the arrest of and charges against a suspect such as the crime for which the arrest was made, together with information concerning the identification of the suspect and other pertinent facts.

This information is written down on the police blotter in the police station. The process of booking may also include photographing and fingerprinting.

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For a list of words related to booking, see:
  • Advertising - booking: scheduling of talent and staff offered work on shoot or photo session
  • Travel and Tourism - booking: advance reservation for lodging or travel


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Booking may refer to:

  • Booking (comics), a Korean comics anthology magazine published by Haksan
  • Booking (professional wrestling), the laying out of the plot before a professional wrestling match
  • An accounting system a.k.a. double-entry bookkeeping system
  • The process of creation by a criminal justice system of an administrative record of those arrested
  • The process of matching musicians or other performing artists with performance opportunities, by a talent agency, a.k.a. booking agency
  • A reservation in the tourism and hospitality industries
  • The informal term for cautioning a player, in association football and several other sports, indicated by a yellow card
  • The practice of forced socialization in Korean clubs such as Le Prive, in which waiters entice female patrons to other tables of men
  • A slang term for running or fleeing
  • Recording a loan into a loan servicing system
  • In Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step fellowships: A methodology for working the 12 steps

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - reservation, forudbestilling, bestilling

idioms:

  • booking clerk    billetsælger
  • booking office    billetkontor

Nederlands (Dutch)
boeking, reservering, notering

Français (French)
n. - réservation, nom de joueur (football)

idioms:

  • booking clerk    chargé des réservations
  • booking office    (GB, Rail, Théât) bureau de location

Deutsch (German)
n. - Buchung, Reservierung

idioms:

  • booking clerk    Schalterbeamter, Fahrkartenverkäufer
  • booking office    Fahrkartenschalter, Theaterkasse, Vorverkaufsstelle

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προαγορά, καπάρωμα, κλείσιμο, μετάκληση, καταχώρηση, εγγραφή

idioms:

  • booking clerk    εκδότης (σιδηροδρομικών) εισιτηρίων
  • booking office    εκδοτήριο εισιτηρίων

Italiano (Italian)
prenotazione

idioms:

  • booking clerk    addetto alle prenotazioni
  • booking office    ufficio prenotazioni

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reserva (f), registro (m)

idioms:

  • advance booking    reservar (hotel, passagens etc.)
  • booking clerk    bilheteiro (m)
  • booking office    bilheteria (f)

Русский (Russian)
заказ

idioms:

  • advance booking    предварительный заказ
  • booking clerk    кассир
  • booking office    билетная касса

Español (Spanish)
n. - reserva, reservación

idioms:

  • booking clerk    vendedor de billetes
  • booking office    taquilla, oficina de reservaciones

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beställning, bokning, biljettförsäljning, varning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
预订, 预定票的出售, 预约, 约定

idioms:

  • booking clerk    售票员, 订座员
  • booking office    售票处

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 預訂, 預定票的出售, 預約, 約定

idioms:

  • booking clerk    售票員, 訂座員
  • booking office    售票處

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 장부 기입, 예약 , 출연 계약

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 予約, 出演契約

idioms:

  • advance booking    予約
  • booking clerk    出札係, 切符発売係
  • booking office    出札所, 切符売場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حجز مسبق, انذار لاعب كرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הזמנת מקומות מראש‬


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