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Booked

adjective

Reserved in advance. Synonyms: engaged, set-aside.

Book

verb

(past & past part. booked; pres. part. booking)

Engage for a performance.

Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance. Synonyms: hold, reserve. "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family" , "Please hold a table at Maxim's"

Record a charge in a police register.

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"Booked" Quotes from Famous Books

... not sorry to find that they were, as he said. "booked for Baltimore." The image of the beautiful Miss Bascombe had not been effaced. Perhaps he had photographed it by some private process on his heart with the lover's camera, which takes rather idealized ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 • Various

... replied John Boland, graciously. "Indeed, I have taken the liberty to discuss that phase of the situation with Judge Grundell. He is of opinion that Druce can be freed. My own attorneys have given the subject some consideration also. As I understand it, Druce is booked for murder—" ...

— Little Lost Sister • Virginia Brooks

... see that all the first ones are booked. May I—oh, I see you have the supper dances free. May I take you in ...

— The Elephant God • Gordon Casserly

... refused, but Buck pointed out that I was foolish to throw away the benefits sure to come through the "old man's" liking for me. "He'll take care of you," he assured me. "He's got you booked for a quick rise." My poverty was so pressing that I had not the courage to refuse,—the year and a half of ferocious struggle and the longing to marry Betty Crosby had combined to break my spirit. I believe ...

— The Plum Tree • David Graham Phillips

... pressure on space," I began.... "Thank you. That also is a button. Its responsibility is greater than that of its brethren. The crash may come at any moment. Luckily it has booked its passage to the—where was I? Oh ...

— Happy Days • Alan Alexander Milne

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