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rent-a-crowd

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
ren-t-a-crowd
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of people who are paid to attend an event to increase attendance figures, rather than attending of their own volition.

Etymology

From rent-a- + crowd. The term is derived from a fictional company, Rentacrowd Ltd., mentioned in the Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) columns in the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Inflected Forms

rent-a-crowds (plural)

Phrases

rent-a-mob

Frequently Paired Words

rent-a-mob

Questions

What does rent-a-crowd mean?
A group of people who are paid to attend an event to increase attendance figures, rather than attending of their own volition.
Where does rent-a-crowd come from?
From rent-a- + crowd. The term is derived from a fictional company, Rentacrowd Ltd., mentioned in the Peter Simple (Michael Wharton) columns in the UK Daily Telegraph newspaper.

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