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block booking

Syllables: block book·ingUK/ˌblɒk ˈbʊkɪŋ/US/ˌblɑk ˈbʊkɪŋ/

block booking noun: the reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.

Noun

block booking (countable and uncountable, plural block bookings)

  1. (uncountable) The reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.
    • The restaurant has a block booking for Saturday night.
    • Our next trip is the 1440 to North Berwick. Our train is formed of a three-car Class 385 and is full to the point that not everyone gets a seat. Partly that appears to be down to a block booking, but it seems that plenty of people know that a nice coastal town is just half an hour from Edinburgh...2025 March 19, “Investment pays off in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 56
  2. (US, historical, uncountable) 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.

Forms of block booking

pluralblock bookings
alternative formblock-booking

Origin of block booking

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

Words formed from block booking

Words that rhyme with block booking

Questions about block booking

What does block booking mean?
Block booking means the reservation of a large number of hotel rooms, tickets, or other items at one time; (countable) an instance of this.
What part of speech is block booking?
Block booking is a noun.
How do you pronounce block booking?
Block booking is pronounced /ˌblɒk ˈbʊkɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of block booking?
The plural of block booking is block bookings.

Words near block booking in the dictionary

  1. blochiids
  2. block
  3. block and tackle
  4. block and tackles
  5. block book
  6. block booking
  7. block bookings
  8. block books
  9. block capital
  10. block capitals
  11. block captain

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