block booking
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of block booking
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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But James Strachan KC, for the Home Office, said block booking rooms "does not change its use as a hotel".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
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
Cinema’s biggest names are coming and, as they do every year, they’re block booking all the rooms.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2016
Dr. Lowell's first letter complained that the code, instead of checking block booking, gave it "a certain legal sanction."
From Time Magazine Archive
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