bookingn.
/ˈbʊkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbʊkɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of granting or assigning land by charter; (in early use also) a charter of this type. Now historical.
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society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land
land-boc961
bookOE
bookingOE
charterc1386
OE Royal Charter: Æðelred II to Christ Church, Canterbury (Sawyer 914) in J. M. Kemble Codex Diplomaticus (1845) III. 351 Ic Ælfheah Wincestriscera manna bisceop þises foresædan cinges bocunge be minre strengðe gefæstnige.
lOE Bounds (Sawyer 463) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1887) II. 486 [I]c [printed i[c]] Eadred cyng [printed cing] geaf minum þægnæ Æþelgeardæ..þonæ hagan þæ Wulfhun preost ær hæfdæ to þære ilcan bocungæ þæ þæt land gæbocod is.
1660 W. Somner Treat. Gavelkind 112 Bocland..took name from the lands booking, or entring (with the limits of it) in a Codicil, (as then called) a little book, or (as we since call it) a Charter.
1915 B. A. Lees Alfred the Great iii. 87 Asser..took the ‘booking’, or granting by charter, of the Chronicle, to mean that Ethelwulf had given a tenth part of the kingdom to be held by the Church ‘in free and perpetual alms’.
2002 A. Harding Medieval Law ii. 14 The booking of land—that is the setting-down of rights over it in what would come to be called 'land-books' in the contemporary Anglo-Saxon kingdoms—was essentially a political act.
b. Scots Law. A form of tenure specific to the burgh of Paisley, whereby the proprietors held their lands under the magistrates, the conveyance being entered in the Burgh Register book. Now historical.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of tenure in specific localities
gavelkind1205
venville?13..
booking1812
mailo1908
1812 J. Wilson Gen. View Agric. Renfrewshire ii. 56 Many of those holding of the town of Paisley are by a tenure peculiarly simple called booking, affording a right complete without charter and sasine.
1829 Cases Court of Session 7 718 Parties holding lands by the tenure of booking from the Magistrates of Paisley.
1868 Act 31 & 32 Victoria ci. §152 Lands in the burgh of Paisley, held by the peculiar tenure of booking.
1926 Burgh Registers (Scotland) Act 16 & 17 Geo. V c. 50 §5 The provisions of this Act shall apply with the necessary modifications to the register of booking for the burgh of Paisley in like manner as they apply to the burgh registers of sasines of the other burghs.
1999 Rep. Abolition Feudal Syst. (Sc. Law Comm.) viii. 118 Booking tenure, which is found only in Paisley, is a variant of burgage tenure in which land is held of the burgh rather than directly of the Crown.
2.
a. The action of registering or recording in a book; an instance of this.
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society > communication > record > written record > register or record book > [noun] > registration
descrivingc1325
descriptiona1425
descrying1440
brevementc1475
enrolment1552
register1563
registration?1566
booking1583
matriculating1585
registry1589
inrotulation1590
counterrolment1598
enregistering1604
taxation1686
re-registration1836
preregistration1928
1583 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 273 The merchant prenteis..to pay at his entrie the day of his buiking..thretty shillings.
1627 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 359 That ilk burges..sall pay for thair enterie and buiking to him tua schilling.
1738 A. Boswell Remarks for Miss Mary Buchan 5 From the Authority of these only were the Dates of Booking taken.
1804 R. Bell Syst. Forms of Deeds Scotl. VI. 53 This tabling [of the summons] referred originally to the booking or enrolling of the cause.
1915 Bull. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics No. 173. 247 The information is based on the booking of sales and represents the prices paid by buyers..settling their accounts regularly.
1996 K. Tovey in S. Watts & L. Halliwell Essent. Environmental Sci. iv. 154 The booking of data should always be done in rainproof notebooks.
b. The action of arranging in advance or reserving freight transport, accommodation, a seat, a ticket to travel, etc.; the issuing of a ticket, reservation, etc. Also: an instance of this.
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society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > order > reservation for seat or place
booking1790
1790 J. Trusler London Adviser & Guide (ed. 2) 120 With parcels sent to Inns to go into the country, Two Pence must be paid, beside the town carriage, to pay the booking at such Inn.
1813 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 230/2 The coach-proprietor, finding a falling-off of his bookings for the inside, must contrive to derive his profits from the outside.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Aug. 7/2 The number of bookings was much larger than..last year.
1899 Belfast News-let. 4 July 4/1 (advt.) Welsh tour... Party Limited. Early booking necessary.
1949 Sun (Baltimore) 15 Feb. 13/2 There is still a considerable fraction of the traveling public that makes multiple bookings.
1988 Caliper Apr. 28/1 The things that I am involved in are not the booking of hotels or making sure the airfreight arrives on time.
1999 A. Bryman in B. Smart Resisting McDonaldization vii. 112 In Disney World, hotel guests..can make early bookings for the popular sit-down restaurants.
2008 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 7 Aug. 5 Bookings can be made by calling the airline's reservations number.
c. An engagement for a performance or appearance by an entertainer, musician, celebrity, etc.; the action of securing such an engagement. Also with modifying word, as concert booking, theatre booking, etc. Cf. book v. 3d.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > engagement for a performance
booking1880
1880 Indianapolis Jrnl. 15 Aug. The managers Dickson, of the Grand Opera-house and Park Theater, have but twenty-one vacant nights at their houses between September 6 and April 14, a thing unprecedented in the matter of amusement-bookings in this city.
1883 Chicago's First Half Cent. iii. 53/1 Music is the specialty of the house, all the important light opera companies of the country having bookings here.
1910 N.-Y. Tribune 16 Jan. b2 Mr. Carl, whose concert bookings will carry him far into the season, will be heard in many cities.
1958 Variety 12 Nov. 60/2 The economics of theatre booking sometimes force us into hasty and badly prepared openings out of town.
1985 Times 4 Nov. 29/3 You can get individual bookings by sending out demo tapes, but in London, it is important to have an agency.
2010 Guardian Unlimited (Nexis) 4 June King is expected to regain some audience share this month thanks to several A-list bookings this week, who included President Barack Obama and singer Lady Gaga.
d. Sport (chiefly Association Football). An official caution given to a player by the referee for a serious infringement of the rules. Cf. book v. 4b.In Association Football a booking is now usually accompanied by the player being shown a yellow card. Cf. yellow card n. 3
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > official caution
booking1969
1969 Daily Mirror 30 Dec. 18/1 The last time he met Best..was at Old Trafford earlier this season. It brought Mills a booking for fouling Best.
1988 Times 2 Jan. 30/8 There was an element of frustration in the visitors' display which resulted in bookings for Reid and Sharp.
2007 Irish Independent (Nexis) 11 June Mone, who had picked up a booking and a ticking and was substituted, was noticeably resprung from the bench in the dying stages.
e. An appointment to see someone, esp. for a professional consultation, treatment, etc.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > engagement
tailyec1425
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restipulation1595
pre-engagement1647
ingudgment1650
sponsion1677
engagement1806
commitment1837
date1885
booking1975
1975 N.Y. Mag. 10 Feb. 67/1 Appointments for cutting and styling can usually be made for the following week, but for coloring..the wait for a booking is as long as a month.
1993 A. Gallant et al. Princ. & Techniques for Beauty Specialist (ed. 3) i. 3 To save time, the consultation is often incorporated into an initial treatment booking, where the condition can be discussed and viewed in confidence.
1999 N. Krauth Freedom Highway (2000) v. 41 Moss thought of the VD clinic again. He wondered if he would ever need to make a booking there.
2005 K. Flynn-Hui Beyond Blonde 116 These girls sat in our chairs, all lanky limbs and smooth, acne-free cheeks (thanks to frequent bookings at the dermatologist).
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > [noun]
booking1626
book-building1772
book manufacture1809
bookmaking1824
bibliopoesy1832
bibliogony1835
bookcraft1840
1626 R. Horne Caueat Preuent Future Iudgements 16 Dauid brought his heart to an edge by such diligent booking of Gods daily mercies.
1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 1 What hath bin all this while a booking.
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booking agency n. (a) a business that arranges transport or travel for goods or passengers, or that sells tickets in advance for concerts, plays, or other events; (b) a business that acts on behalf of a performer, celebrity, etc., arranging engagements or appearances.Sometimes derogatory in early use; see note at booking agent n.
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1825 Morning Post 6 June 1/3 (advt.) To be disposed of, an old-established Booking Agency, where the Profits are considerable, without risk.
1859 N.Y. Herald 22 Oct. 8/6 These incipient European booking agencies are so obnoxious to the administration of the depot.
1886 Titusville (Pa.) Morning Herald 24 May A good booking agency in New York will look after dating the companies for the coming season.
1921 A. G. Empey Madonna of Hills iii. 24 She had been given a ‘tryout’ before a booking agency, and had made good to the extent of working in ‘small time’ vaudeville.
1959 E. Norbeck Pineapple Town iii. 50 The operation of..booking agencies at Maunaloa for the two airlines serving the island.
1985 Billboard 30 Mar. n12/1 Most national booking agencies now have Nashville offices to handle..country talent.
2013 Sunday Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. 23 While this is the official price at the theatre's box office, booking agencies are selling at higher figures.
booking agent n. (a) a person who or a business which arranges transport or travel for goods or passengers, or sells tickets in advance for concerts, plays, or other events; (b) a person who or a business which acts on behalf of a performer or celebrity, arranging engagements or appearances; (also) a person who engages a performer or act on behalf of a theatre, club, television show, etc.Frequently derogatory in early use, denoting agents for railway or shipping companies who issued tickets or passes which were greatly overpriced or invalid; cf. booker n. 3a.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of tickets
booking clerk1823
ticket-seller1844
booking agent1849
ticket-agent1861
1849 D. R. Thomason Hints to Emigrants in Economist 28 July 836/2 A stranger accosts you..—points out the office—and introduces you to the President himself..who..gives you a card to a boarding or forwarding house... You..find out..you have gone to the wrong place..—that Mr President is a booking agent, and your friendly guide a runner.
1868 Sci. Amer. 4 Jan. 2/1 At the head office, and at the depots along the route, are a class of railway officials called ‘booking agents’... In Great Britain, first-class, second-class, and third-class tickets must each have a separate agent for their sale.
1889 Evening Gaz. (Sterling, Ill.) 27 May 3/3 The New York booking agent for western theatres is looking for attractions for the Academy of Music for the coming year.
1891 Belford's Mag. Feb. 432 I walked round to a booking-agent's.., where I was lucky enough to obtain tickets which..would admit me to a good place, even after the [theatre] doors were thrown open.
1961 New Scientist 20 Apr. 99/1 An electronic system for storing up-to-date information on the availability of airline seats and making it instantly available to booking agents in Britain and Europe, has now been ordered by the British Overseas Airways Corporation.
2003 N. A. Boyd Wide-open Town i. 33 Because audience reception remained unpredictable, booking agents often had a difficult time determining which acts would appeal to which audiences.
booking clerk n. a clerk or official who arranges transport for goods or passengers, or who sells tickets at a railway station, theatre, etc.
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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of tickets
booking clerk1823
ticket-seller1844
booking agent1849
ticket-agent1861
1823 Morning Chron. 15 Mar. The booking clerk at the Golden-cross.
1903 Daily Chron. 10 Nov. 9/1 The booking clerks had by some oversight overbooked the theatre.
1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) x. 318 The booking clerk will normally need to speak directly to the card holder.
booking fee n. (a) a fee charged, in addition to the basic cost, for arranging in advance or reserving transport, accommodation, a seat, a ticket, etc. (cf. sense 2b); (b) a fee charged to register on the books of a theatrical agent or (later) an employment agency (now rare); (c) originally U.S. a fee charged to book an actor, musician, celebrity, etc.; cf. book v. 3d.
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1807 Bell's Weekly Messenger 25 Oct. 343/2 An appeal was brought by a porter..against conviction..for extorting the additional sum of two-pence, as booking and warehouse fees, upon a parcel brought for the Gentleman by one of the country coaches.
1850 Era 24 Nov. 1/3 A Nominal Booking Fee of 2s. 6d. only will be charged, but each Actor in communication will be expected to send a postage stamp for return answer.
1902 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 8 May 5/5 I went out to try my luck at several employment agencies. At one or two I had to pay a small booking fee in advance.
1905 Washington Post 1 Dec. iii. 5/1 Mr. Belasco [sc. a theater manager] now books his own attractions, thereby obviating the necessity of paying exorbitant booking fees.
1953 Times 12 Feb. 2/4 (advt.) Domestic Staff urgently required... No booking fees.—Apply British Agency (Servants' Registry).
1962 Guardian 29 Aug. 6/1 People in aircraft with empty seats will resent the booking fee which they so unwisely paid.
1996 Company Dec. 73/2 Booking fees for a ‘name’ DJ can start from £6,000 a set.
2009 Anthem Guide Art Galleries & Museums Europe 404/2 Book using the Museum's online form on the website. A booking fee applies.
booking form n. (a) a form completed by a customer in order to arrange in advance or reserve a ticket, a seat, accommodation, etc.; (b) originally U.S. an official police form on which a suspect's details are recorded at the time of arrest (cf. book v. 4a).
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a1889 in Foreign Office Rep. European Emigration to Chile (1890) 15 in Parl. Papers (C. 5896-16) LXXIII. 255 In case an applicant be not approved, all moneys paid by him will be returned. No fees to be paid to agents for booking forms and information supplied.
1949 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 6 Oct. 1/7 Second was the question of whether jail authorities were responsible for Terrell until the booking form had been fully made out.
1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 29 Sept. 20 On a jailhouse booking form, in the space left for occupation, she specified: ‘Urban Guerrilla’.
2004 S. Cook & G. Ward Rough Guide Trav. Online (ed. 2) ii. 103 You can fill in a booking form and make all payments online.
booking hall n. Originally and chiefly British a room or area at a railway station, airport, etc., where tickets are sold.
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1849 Brit. Almanac Compan. ii. xvii. 247 The booking-hall is also roofed in a somewhat similar manner, and possesses a degree of loftiness well becoming the style here adopted.
1907 Pop. Mech. May 534/1 Having passed through the spacious booking halls and bought our tickets at 2d. (5 cents) apiece, we come upon the elevators or lifts.
1958 P. Johnson Journey into Chaos i. 7 In the main booking hall, all the airlines of the world had their desks.
2010 J. Harding Florence & Giles (2011) xxx. 245 I marched straight into the booking hall, past the people gathered there.., and up to the ticket window.
booking office n. an office where tickets for travel may be booked, or where goods may be booked for transit; the place where tickets are sold at a railway station, theatre, etc.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > booking-office
coach-office1794
booking office1814
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > office where tickets are sold
booking office1814
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > box office
box office1741
paybox1814
booking office1945
1814 Morning Post 13 June (advt.) Clerk in a Booking-office.
1881 R. G. White Eng. Without & Within iii. 60 At the ‘booking-office’ no booking is done..But as there were booking offices for the stagecoaches which used to run between all the towns..of England, the term had become fixed in the minds, and upon the lips of this nation of travellers.
1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 453 Punch's theatre article used to be headed ‘Our Booking Office’. Today everybody speaks and writes of the box-office of a theatre. Only a railway ticket-office is a booking-office.
1991 C. Fremlin Dangerous Thoughts xix. 123 No one in the booking office.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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