booking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ʊkɪŋ

Etymology

From the verb to book, from the noun book

Verb

booking

1. present participle of book

Noun

booking (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 accommodation in an hotel.
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 identifying data of a suspect following arrest.

Derived terms

• booking clerk
• 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

• Bulgarian: резерва́ция (bg) f (rezervácija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 預訂 (zh), 预订 (zh) (yùdìng), 訂位, 订位 (dìngwèi)

• 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)
• Polish: rezerwacja (pl)
• Portuguese: reserva (pt) f
• Russian: резерви́рование (ru) n (rezervírovanije), зака́з (ru) m (zakáz), брони́рование (ru) n (bronírovanije), (colloquial) бронь (ru) f (bronʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: rezervacija (sh) f

  Cyrillic: букинг m

  Roman: buking (sh) m

• Spanish: reserva (es) f
• Turkish: rezervasyon (tr)
• Vietnamese: đặt (vi), thuê (vi), giữ chỗ

engagement of a performer

• Bulgarian: ангажимент (bg) m (angažiment)
• 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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

See also

• inscription