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Booked   /bʊkt/   Listen
verb
Book  v. t.  (past & past part. booked; pres. part. booking)  
1.
To enter, write, or register in a book or list. "Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds."
2.
To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; to reserve (2); also, to make an arrangement for a reservation; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater; to book a reservation at a restaurant.
3.
To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. (Colloq.) "Here I am booked for three days more in Paris."
4.
To make an official record of a charge against (a suspect in a crime); performed by police.



adjective
Booked  adj.  
1.
Registered.
2.
On the way; destined. (Colloq.)
3.
Reserved in advance; held for future use. See reserve2.






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"Booked" Quotes from Famous Books



... has booked an order, and has taken pains to make a fine last impression on his customer, he does not go to his hotel and play Kelly pool, or otherwise spend the rest of the day just loafing around. Only the poor salesman celebrates in such a way; thereby ...
— Certain Success • Norval A. Hawkins

... events in history. Nobody but a real sportsman would have parted with a bit of sausage at that moment to a stranger. Never forgotten it, by Jove. Saved my life, absolutely. Hadn't chewed a morse for eight hours. Well, have you got anything on? I mean to say, you aren't booked for lunch or any rot of that species, are you? Fine! Then I move we all toddle off and get a bite somewhere." He squeezed the other's arm fondly. "Fancy meeting you again like this! I've often wondered what became of you. But, by ...
— Indiscretions of Archie • P. G. Wodehouse

... named Comet. He would have thought it some other dog than the one who had disappointed him so by turning out gun-shy, in spite of all his efforts to prevent, had it not been for the fact that the entry was booked as: "Comet; owner, Miss Marian ...
— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various

... his jaw fell. He stepped across to the office himself, only to learn that though Mannering had booked a room for the night, he had after dinner called for his bill, paid it, and left on his motor, without giving any reason for ...
— The Motor Pirate • George Sidney Paternoster

... Mr. Maryan Soe Early, got her decree for her last week and she flew back on the 3.30 train to Manhattan and Gordon Booth. Of course everyone knows that he is booked. ...
— Letters of a Dakota Divorcee • Jane Burr


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