What does "booking" mean?

The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.

Booking

Common synonyms include: engagement, advance order, appointment, bespeaking, borscht circuit, briefing.

//ˈbʊkɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting. countable, uncountable
2
employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time wordnet
3
A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation. countable, uncountable
"Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time."
4
the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) wordnet
5
The engagement of a performer for a particular performance. countable, uncountable

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6
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
7
The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest. countable, uncountable