gate money

noun

1. the total receipts taken for admission to a sporting event or other entertainment

Example Sentences

Certainly professional football would lose its blacker sides if there were no gate money and no betting.

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I count on taking enough gate money to pay all expenses and more.

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They do not receive large "benefits" or gate money, as do professionals in other branches of sport.

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This is costly; but again the cash comes out of the spectators' pockets, in subscriptions and gate-money.

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A dispute about the gate money prevented the playing of the decisive game of the season.

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