What is the meaning of booking?

noun

• Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time.
  • usage: "the play had bookings throughout the summer"
  • synonyms: engagement
• The act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group. )
  • usage: "wondered who had made the booking"
  • synonyms: reservation

verb

• Engage for a performance.
  • usage: "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo"
  • synonyms: book
• Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: reserve, hold, book
• Record a charge in a police register.
  • usage: "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man"
  • synonyms: book
• Register in a hotel booker.
  • synonyms: book