seat·ing 
(sētĭng)
(sētĭng)n.
1.
a. The act of providing or furnishing with a seat or seats.
b. The seats so provided or furnished: seating for 500.
2. The arrangement of seats in a room, auditorium, or banquet hall: a theater that offers semicircular seating.
3. The member or part on or within which another part is seated.
4. Material for upholstering seats.