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Noun booking has 2 senses

engagement, booking - employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
--₁ is a kind of employment, work
--₁ has particulars: gig
Derived form: verb book₃
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"
--₂ is a kind of employment, engagement

Derived forms: verb book₄, verb book₂

Verb book has 4 senses

book - record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
--₁ is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
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"
--₂ is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest

Derived form: noun booking₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
book - engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
--₃ is one way to schedule

Derived forms: noun booker₁, noun booking₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
book - register in a hotel booker
--₄ is one way to register

Derived form: noun booking₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s