double booking — double book ˌdouble ˈbook verb [transitive] TRAVEL to promise the same hotel room, seat in a theatre, table at a restaurant etc to more than one person by mistake: • The Grand was double booked and had to offer us the first week at another hotel … Financial and business terms
double-booking — ˌdouble ˈbooking f7 ; noun countable, uncountable Main entry: ↑double bookderived … Useful english dictionary
double booking — act of selling the same ticket twice … English contemporary dictionary
booking — book‧ing [ˈbʊkɪŋ] noun [countable] TRAVEL an arrangement in which a place on a plane, in a hotel, restaurant etc is kept for a customer who will arrive later; = RESERVATION: • There s a problem over a double booking (= one where two people have… … Financial and business terms
double-book — ˌdouble ˈbook verb [transitive] TRAVEL to promise the same hotel room, seat in a theatre, table at a restaurant etc to more than one person by mistake: • The Grand was double booked and had to offer us the first week at another hotel, which was,… … Financial and business terms
double-book — v [I and T] to promise the same seat in a theatre, on a plane etc to more than one person by mistake >double booking n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
double-book — /dub euhl book /, v.t. 1. to overbook by accepting more than one reservation for the same hotel room, airplane seat, etc. 2. to make reservations for (more than one hotel accommodation, seat on a plane, etc.) so as to be certain of obtaining at… … Useful english dictionary
double-book — UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive, often passive] Word forms double book : present tense I/you/we/they double book he/she/it double books present participle double booking past tense double booked past participle double booked to promise the… … English dictionary
double-book — verb (I, T) to promise the same seat in a theatre, on a plane, etc to more than one person double booking noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Booking — may refer to:* Booking (comics) , a Korean comics anthology magazine published by Haksan * Booking (professional wrestling), the laying out of the plot before a professional wrestling match * An accounting system a.k.a. double entry bookkeeping… … Wikipedia
booking — noun 1 (esp. BrE) arrangement that you make in advance to buy a ticket, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ advance, early ▪ late ▪ priority ▪ double (= two bookings for the same time) … Collocations dictionary