A Quick and Simple Dictionary

booking

1. Verb.  (present participle of, book) .
2. Noun.  The act or process of writing something down in (a) book(s), e.g. in accounting.
3. Noun.  A reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel.
4. Noun.  The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
5. Noun.  (sport) 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.
6. Noun.  (legal) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording identifying data of a suspect following arrest.