block booking
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of block booking
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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And when a major venue announces its next block booking, what do we call it?
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
The Supreme Court outlawed block booking in 1948’s United States v.
From Slate • Jul. 14, 2017
One of the key techniques of the studios, and the one that eventually brought them down, was called "block booking" - selling films to theatres in a bundle.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2013
In a statement the association said bad behaviour would "not be tolerated by the Gardai and/or stadium stewards" and any fans causing trouble would lose their block booking tickets for future Northern Ireland home matches.
From BBC • May 5, 2011
This is the system known as block booking and blind selling.
From Time Magazine Archive
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