booking

booking
Entering an event or a transaction in a book; a police-station term for the entry of an arrest and the charge for which the arrest was made; the engagement of talent for a theater, a night club or other place of entertainment. The system or practice of steamship companies in making specific engagements with shippers for a reservation of space for commodities to be shipped on a particular vessel in advance of its sailing day. Any certain commodity for which space has been thus arranged is referred to as "booked." Ocean Co. v Savannah Locomotive S.S. Works & Supply Co. 131 Ga 831, 63 SE 577. See freight booking.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • booking — book‧ing [ˈbʊkɪŋ] noun [countable] TRAVEL an arrangement in which a place on a plane, in a hotel, restaurant etc is kept for a customer who will arrive later; = RESERVATION: • There s a problem over a double booking (= one where two people have… …   Financial and business terms

  • booking — book·ing n: a procedure at a jail or police station following an arrest in which information about the arrest (as the time, the name of the arrested person, and the crime for which the arrest was made) is entered in the police register ◇ The… …   Law dictionary

  • Booking — may refer to:* Booking (comics) , a Korean comics anthology magazine published by Haksan * Booking (professional wrestling), the laying out of the plot before a professional wrestling match * An accounting system a.k.a. double entry bookkeeping… …   Wikipedia

  • booking — /ˈbukin(g), ingl. ˈbukɪŋ/ [vc. ingl., dal v. to book «prenotare, riservare»] s. m. inv. prenotazione …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • booking — m DEFINICIJA v. buking …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • booking — [n] engagement gig, performance date, play date, tour date; concept 384 …   New thesaurus

  • booking — [book′iŋ] n. an engagement, as for a lecture or concert …   English World dictionary

  • booking — noun 1 (esp. BrE) arrangement that you make in advance to buy a ticket, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ advance, early ▪ late ▪ priority ▪ double (= two bookings for the same time) …   Collocations dictionary

  • booking — book|ing S3 [ˈbukıŋ] n 1.) an arrangement to travel by train, use a hotel room etc at a particular time in the future →↑reservation ▪ bookings on cruise ships ▪ I made a booking for two double rooms. ▪ I m calling to confirm my booking (=say… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • booking — n. (esp. BE) 1) to make a booking 2) to cancel a booking * * * [ bʊkɪŋ] (esp. BE) t. to make a booking to cancel a booking …   Combinatory dictionary

  • booking */*/ — UK [ˈbʊkɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms booking : singular booking plural bookings 1) tourism an arrangement to buy a travel ticket, stay in a hotel room etc at a later date Holiday bookings are up 20% on last year. make a booking: You can… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”