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.
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

• booking clerk
• booking hall
• booking office

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 (zh), 预订 (zh) (yùdìng), 訂位, 订位 (dìngwèi), 預約 (zh), 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)
• 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 (zh), 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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Translations to be checked

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 치부 (ko) (chibu)

See also

• inscription