Speakur

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block booking

/ˌblɑk ˈbʊkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
block book-ing
IPA
/ˌblɑk ˈbʊkɪŋ/
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.

Uncountable

noun

The sale of multiple films by a film studio to a theater as a unit, without the latter knowing much about them, allowing the studio to package less popular films with more popular ones. The Supreme Court of the United States determined the practice to be in violation of antitrust law in 1948.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From block (“apportionment or grouping of like things treated together as a unit”, noun) + booking (noun).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌblɑk ˈbʊkɪŋ/
  • British English: /ˌblɒk ˈbʊkɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

block bookings (plural) block-booking (alternative)

Phrases

block-book

Rhymes With

looking fucking cooking booking hooking

Questions

How do you pronounce block booking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌblɑk ˈbʊkɪŋ/.
What does block booking mean?
The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.
Where does block booking come from?
From block (“apportionment or grouping of like things treated together as a unit”, noun) + booking (noun).

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