Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The money taken at the door or entrance to any place of entertainment where an entrance-fee is charged. Compare
gate-money .
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Examples
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The theatres are all conducted on the economic principle that the cost and maintenance of the building fall upon the communal budget; and the door-money has to cover merely the hire of the performers and the stage expenses.
Freeland A Social Anticipation Theodor Hertzka 1884
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