booking

noun5

1. •
   A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.

   • Advance bookings were initially suspended. They are now available again, but with less than one-week's availability at a time. — 2022
2. •
   The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.
5. •
   The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.