prebook

verb

pre·​book ˌprē-ˈbu̇k How to pronounce prebook (audio)
variants or pre-book
prebooked or pre-booked; prebooking or pre-booking

transitive verb

: to book (something) in advance
prebooked their hotel room

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For Animal Kingdom, guests may prebook any three Lightning Lane attractions except Avatar Flight of Passage because Single-Pass attractions are not included with Multi Pass. — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025 Each day, hikers prebook a different experience at one of five participating farms: at the Oswalderhof in historic Obertilliach, for example, children help the farmer with the kasn, or production of soft cheese; the cows are milked right there on the pasture and the milk processed straight away. — Astrid Därr, TIME, 25 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of prebook was in 1855

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“Prebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prebook. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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