Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The receipts taken in at the gate or entrance for admission to an athletic contest or other exhibition.
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Examples
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No wonder the colony does not pay, if it goes in for this sort of thing, 206 miles inland, with simply no public to pay gate-money.
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The greatest of these is the "professional" football player, and the next the "greed of gate-money."
Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone
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The gate-money was handed over to the Widows 'and Orphans' Fund.
The Siege of Kimberley T. Phelan
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As for the greed of gate-money, of which some clubs are so fond, much might be said.
Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches David Drummond Bone
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The income, at this time, was derived from the regular fee of two dollars, the special contributions of students, and the gate-money handed in by the spectators.
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What a cinch it would be if you charged gate-money!
T. Tembarom 1913
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I'm easy in other ways; but when it comes to any gate-money game, from launchin 'a musical comedy to openin' a new boxin 'club, I'm Tight Tommy with the time lock set.
Shorty McCabe on the Job Sewell Ford 1907
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But, because any such limitation would sorely affect the gate-money, we import players from Australia or
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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This is costly; but again the cash comes out of the spectators 'pockets, in subscriptions and gate-money.
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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And they spoke of gate-money, gambling, and professionalism, and the end of all true sport in
The Old Wives' Tale Arnold Bennett 1899
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