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block booking

block book·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [blok boo k-ing]
    • /blɒk ˈbʊk ɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [blok boo k-ing]
    • /blɒk ˈbʊk ɪŋ/

Definitions of block booking words

  • noun block booking the making of bookings for a number of people, or e.g. purchasing a number of seats in a theatre, concert hall, etc at the same time 3
  • noun block booking a practice among motion-picture distributors of contracting with an exhibitor to show a predetermined series of films. 1
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Origin of block booking

First appearance:

before 1920
One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25

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Parts of speech for Block booking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Block booking

block booking popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

block booking usage trend in Literature

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