rebook

verb

re·​book (ˌ)rē-ˈbu̇k How to pronounce rebook (audio)
rebooked; rebooking; rebooks

transitive + intransitive

: to book again or anew
rebooking the passengers on other flights
The band had to rebook their shows.
rebook a hotel room
Seats were still hard to come by as passengers scrambled to rebook flights.Corilyn Shropshire
… was rebooked on suspicion of battery against a correctional officer after an incident that took place while he was in custody.Gus Thomson
When I tried to rebook, an agent told me there were no options in the Caribbean for the same dates.Christopher Elliott

Examples of rebook in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Frontier will not rebook travelers on other airlines nor cover a hotel for overnight cancellations. Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024 The airline says customers will be be able to rebook to a different flight option, or receive a refund if a alternative flight is not available. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2024 Many but not all will rebook on another airline if an agreement exists with that airline and do so at no additional charge. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2024 Contact your airline Airlines should rebook passengers automatically, but that could take much longer as carriers recover from the outage, so passengers will have to take more initiative. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 19 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for rebook 

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Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rebook was in 1846

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“Rebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebook. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

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