| 单词 | gate-money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgate-money gate-money n. (a) money paid at the gates for admission to an athletic meeting, etc.; also transferred; (b) money charged on a gate-bill. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > takings or receipts > types of gate-money1820 box office1870 gate1891 gate receipts1914 skim money1973 society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] > for breach of college rules sconce1650 gate-fine1898 gate-money1961 1820 Sporting Mag. 6 190 Some demur took place respecting the division of what is termed the gate money. 1887 Times 20 Sept. 9 We do not know exactly what control those who pocket the gate-money have over the performers. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 17 May 4/2 A host of strangers who never did and never will contribute a farthing to the gate money upon which music depends for her living. 1920 Hibbert Jrnl. July 715 Now that paintings may only be seen behind barriers by paying gate-money, there is ‘no demand for that sort of thing’. 1961 E. Williams George xix. 302 After..9.20 nobody's allowed out, and if we are out already, on our battels—our bills—we're charged gate-money, so much every half-hour, mounting till 12.20. < as lemmas |
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