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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



... 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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