Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun booking

2 senses of booking

Sense 1
engagement, booking -- (employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer")
       => employment, work -- (the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work")

Sense 2
booking, reservation -- (the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group); "wondered who had made the booking")
       => employment, engagement -- (the act of giving someone a job)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb book

4 senses of book

Sense 1
book -- (engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo")
       => schedule -- (plan for an activity or event; "I've scheduled a concert next week")

Sense 2
reserve, hold, book -- (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's")
       => request, bespeak, call for, quest -- (express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service")

Sense 3
book -- (record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man")
       => record, enter, put down -- (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Sense 4
book -- (register in a hotel booker)
       => register -- (record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions)