hard-ticket
Americannoun
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a ticket entitling one to a reserved seat.
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an entertainment for which seats are reserved in advance.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of hard-ticket
First recorded in 1845–50
Example Sentences
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“Rap wasn’t historically a big hard-ticket touring sector like it is now,” Cherif said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
The haul gets bigger, however, when the hard-ticket show goes into the second-run, or "grind," theaters at regular prices.
From Time Magazine Archive
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