advance booking

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable or uncountable

   the act of arranging and paying for something such as a ticket, room, or table before the time you need it

   Grammar: Can be countable (make an advance booking) or uncountable (advance booking is required).

   Patterns

   • make an advance booking
   • advance booking is required
   • advance bookings for something

   Advance booking is strongly recommended for the popular evening show.

   You can save money by making an advance booking online.

   The hotel takes advance bookings up to six months ahead.

2. 2nouncountable

   a reservation that has already been made for a future date

   Grammar: Often used in the plural to talk about the total number of reservations received.

   Patterns

   • have an advance booking
   • advance bookings are up/down

   We already have an advance booking for that weekend.

   Advance bookings for the festival are up compared with last year.

Word forms

Common combinations

make an advance booking

I made an advance booking so we wouldn't be disappointed.

advance booking is essential

For the cooking class, advance booking is essential.

online advance booking

Online advance booking gets you a ten percent discount.

advance booking fee

There is a small advance booking fee per ticket.

Synonyms and how they differ

reservation

More general; you can make a reservation by phone or in person, while advance booking stresses doing it before the event.

prebooking

Less common and slightly more formal; it means the same as advance booking but is used mainly in business contexts.

Opposites

Word family

book verb

To arrange to have or use something at a particular time.

booking noun

An arrangement made in advance to have a seat, room, etc.

bookable adjective

Available to be reserved in advance.

Commonly confused: advance booking or advanced booking?

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