different between booking vs booker

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Verb

booking

1. present participle of book

Noun

booking (countable and uncountable, plural bookings)

1. The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
2. A reservation for a service, such as travel or hotel accommodation.
3. The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.
4. (sports) 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.
5. (law) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.

Derived terms

• booking clerk
• booking hall
• booking office

Translations

See also

• inscription

English

Etymology

From Middle English bokere, from Old English b?cere (“scribe”), equivalent to book +? -er. Modern sense influenced by the verb to book.

Noun

booker (plural bookers)

1. (obsolete) scholar; scribe
2. One who makes a reservation
3. One who records transactions, such as reservations.

Related terms

• book
• bookie
• booking

Anagrams

• Brooke, brooke, rebook

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English book +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ke/

Verb

booker

1. to book, reserve

Conjugation

Derived terms

• overbooker
• surbooker

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

booker

1. present tense of booke