Booking vs. Reservation

Booking vs. Reservation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Booking and Reservation

Bookingverb

present participle of book

Reservationnoun

The act of reserving, withholding or keeping back.

The committee authorised the reservation of funds.

Bookingnoun

The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.

Reservationnoun

The practice of reserving part of the consecrated bread of the Eucharist for the communion of the sick.

Bookingnoun

A reservation for a service, such as accommodation in an hotel.

Reservationnoun

The act of the pope to reserve to himself the right to nominate to certain benefices.

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Bookingnoun

The engagement of a performer for a particular performance.

Reservationnoun

Something that is withheld or kept back.

Bookingnoun

(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.

Reservationnoun

A limiting qualification; a doubt.

I have reservations about your intentions.

Bookingnoun

(legal) The process of photographing, fingerprinting and recording the identifying data of a suspect following arrest.

Reservationnoun

(US) A tract of land set apart by the US government for the use of a Native American people; Indian reservation (compare Canadian reserve).

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Bookingnoun

employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time;

the play had bookings throughout the summer

Reservationnoun

An arrangement by which accommodation or transport arrangements are secured in advance.

I have a hotel reservation in the name of Mr Smith.

Bookingnoun

the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group);

wondered who had made the booking

Reservationnoun

(UK) The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a divided motorway or dual carriageway; see also central reservation.

A vehicle crashed through the central reservation into the path of oncoming traffic.

Reservationnoun

(India) The setting aside of a certain percentage of vacancies in government institutions for members of backward and underrepresented communities (defined primarily by caste and tribe).

Reservationnoun

a district that is reserved for particular purpose

Reservationnoun

a statement that limits or restricts some claim;

he recommended her without any reservations

Reservationnoun

an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly

Reservationnoun

the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group);

wondered who had made the booking

Reservationnoun

the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance

Reservationnoun

something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)

Reservationnoun

the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion