booking

booking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ

Verb

booking

1. present participle of book

Noun

booking (countable and uncountable, plural bookings)

1. The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
2. A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
   • 2022 September 21, Mel Holley, “MPs debate Avanti West Coast future as MD departs”, in RAIL, number 966, page 14:

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

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

Derived terms

• block booking
• booking class
• booking clerk
• booking hall
• booking lad
• booking office
• reservation booking designator

 

Translations

writing something in (a) book(s)

Dutch: boeking (nl) Finnish: kirjaus (fi), kirjaaminen (fi) Hungarian: könyvelés (hu) Portuguese: anotar (pt)

reservation for a service

Arabic: حَجْز‎ (ar) m (ḥajz) Belarusian: рэзервава́нне n (rezjervavánnje), бранірава́нне n (braniravánnje), брані́раванне n (braníravannje) Bulgarian: резерва́ция (bg) f (rezervácija) Chinese: Mandarin: 預訂／预订 (zh) (yùdìng), 訂位／订位 (dìngwèi), 預約／预约 (zh) (yùyuē) Czech: rezervace (cs) f Dutch: boeking (nl), reservatie (nl) Finnish: varaus (fi) French: réservation (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Buchung (de) f, Reservierung (de) f Greek: κράτηση (el) f (krátisi) Hungarian: foglalás (hu) Irish: áirithint f Italian: prenotazione (it) f Japanese: 予約 (ja) (よやく, yoyaku) Korean: 예약(豫約) (ko) (yeyak) Macedonian: резервација f (rezervacija) Malay: tempahan Maori: tāpuitanga Polish: rezerwacja (pl) f, zabukowanie (pl) n Portuguese: reserva (pt) f Russian: резерви́рование (ru) n (rezervírovanije), зака́з (ru) m (zakáz), брони́рование (ru) n (bronírovanije), (colloquial) бронь (ru) f (bronʹ), бу́кинг (ru) m (búking) (colloquial) Serbo-Croatian: rezervacija (sh) f Cyrillic: бу̀кинг m Roman: bùking (sh) m Slovak: rezervácia f Slovene: rezervacija f Spanish: reserva (es) f Thai: การจอง (th) (gaan-jɔɔng) Turkish: rezervasyon (tr) Ukrainian: резервува́ння n (rezervuvánnja), бронюва́ння (uk) n (bronjuvánnja) Vietnamese: đặt (vi), thuê (vi), giữ chỗ

engagement of a performer

Bulgarian: ангажиме́нт (bg) m (angažimént) Chinese: Mandarin: 預約／预约 (zh) (yùyuē) Dutch: boeking (nl) Russian: зака́з (ru) m (zakáz) Vietnamese: sắp (vi), đặt lịch, lên lịch, tổ chức (vi)

sports: issuing of a caution

Dutch: boeken (nl) n French: réserve (fr) f Russian: предупрежде́ние (ru) n (predupreždénije) (sport), вы́говор (ru) m (výgovor) Spanish: amonestación (es)

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Korean: (please verify) 치부 (ko) (chibu)

See also

• inscription

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Chinese

Etymology

From English booking.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): buk¹ king⁴, buk¹ king²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: buk¹ king⁴, buk¹ king²
    • Yale: būk kìhng, būk kíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: buk⁷ king⁴, buk⁷ king²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bug¹ king⁴, bug¹ king²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʊk̚⁵ kʰɪŋ²¹/, /pʊk̚⁵ kʰɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

booking

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) booking or reservation of services (Classifier: 個／个)

Related terms

• book