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BOOKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
Example:
the play had bookings throughout the summer
Synonyms:
booking; engagement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("booking" is a kind of...):
employment; work (the occupation for which you are paid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "booking"):
gig (a booking for musicians)
Derivation:
book (engage for a performance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group)
Example:
wondered who had made the booking
Synonyms:
booking; reservation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("booking" is a kind of...):
employment; engagement (the act of giving someone a job)
Derivation:
book (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)
book (register in a hotel booker)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb book
