bookable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English bōcian Middle English booken English book Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bookable From book + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Able to be booked or reserved.
All the seats for the show are bookable.
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(not-comparable) Worth booking; likely to attract a large audience or similar.
The deception made the act highly bookable, and the team worked the Poli Circuit for many months, finally breaking up over “creative differences.”
2013, Trav S.D., Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies:
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(UK, not-comparable) Warranting a booking (a yellow card).
The player was sent off for two bookable offences.