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gate money

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“He didn’t even get the paltry amount of gate money that someone would usually get when released because the dismissal of his case means he isn’t entitled to it,” Wax said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 6, 2023

Kamlager’s bill would increase this so-called gate money to $1,300 per formerly incarcerated person.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2022

David Sullivan, the club’s co-chairman, spoke this week of the balancing act that is required with “the fact we’ll probably get no gate money for the rest of the season”.

From The Guardian Sep. 24, 2020

At this time, by consent of the referee, the fight was postponed until the 28th of January, when it will be renewed for a purse of $250 and the gate money.

From Slate Jun. 2, 2019

Typically, people are released from prison with only the clothes on their backs and a pittance in gate money.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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