ˈlɛdʒə ˈlɛdʒɚ ˈɹɛkɔːd ɹɪˈzɝv ɹɪˈzɜːv skɹɪpt ˈvɒl.juːm ˈvɑl.jum engage for a performance Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo record a charge in a police register The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance reserve me a seat on a flight The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family please hold a table at Maxim's register in a hotel booker physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together he used a large book as a doorstop a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge he bought a book of stamps a major division of a long written composition the book of Isaiah a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) I am reading a good book on economics a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone Al Smith used to say, ‘Let's look at the record’ his name is in all the record books a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made they run things by the book around here a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game a record in which commercial accounts are recorded they got a subpoena to examine our books