block booking
block book·ing
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [blok boo k-ing]
- /blɒk ˈbʊk ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [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
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 most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
block booking usage trend in Literature
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