How to pronounce book

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What book means

verb

Most people know book in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To save a seat, room or ticket ahead of time

In a sentence: Mom called the hotel to book a room for our trip to the beach.

Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English verb made from the word book. Booking once meant writing something down in a book.

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