depositary(1) (iou) and book 2, verb (oh)

depositary(1) (iou)

depositary adjective. rare. M19.
[from DEPOSIT noun + -ARY1.]
Chiefly Geology. Belonging to or of the Nature of a deposit. M19.
Receiving deposits. L19.

2 S2 v
[I and T] to make arrangements to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, go to a theatre etc at a particular time in the future
-see also reserve reserve
::Have you booked a holiday this year?
::You need to book well in advance for Christmas.
::The flight was already fully booked (=no more seats were available) .
::To get tickets, you have to book in advance .
::The show's booked solid (=all the tickets have been sold) until February.
[T] to arrange for someone such as a singer to perform on a particular date
::The band was booked for a benefit show in Los Angeles.
be booked up
a) if a hotel, restaurant etc is booked up, there are no more rooms, places, seats etc still available
::The courses quickly get booked up.
b) if someone is booked up, they are extremely busy and have arranged a lot of things they must do
::I'm all booked up this week - can we get together next Friday?
[T] to arrange for someone to go to a hotel, fly on a plane etc
::I've booked you a flight on Saturday.
book sb on/in etc
::I'll book you in at the Hilton.
[T] to put someone's name officially in police records, along with the charge made against them
::Smith was booked on suspicion of attempted murder.
[T] BrE when a referee in a Sports game books a player who has broken the rules, he or she officially writes down the player's name in a book as a punishment
book in phr v
BrE to arrive at a hotel and say who you are etc
-synonym check in check in
::Several tourists were booking in.

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