block booking in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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booking [Brit ˈbʊkɪŋ, Am ˈbʊkɪŋ] N

I.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] N

III.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] VB trans

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1. book (reserve):

book table, seat, room, cabin, ticket
prenotare, riservare
book holiday
prenotare
book taxi
noleggiare
book babysitter, driver
prendere
book entertainer
ingaggiare
to book sth for sb, to book sb sth
prenotare, riservare qc per qn
to book sb into a hotel
prenotare una camera d'albergo per qn
I've booked him a room in a hotel, I've booked him into a hotel
gli ho prenotato una camera in un albergo
to be fully booked
essere al completo, tutto esaurito
Saturday's performance is fully booked
lo spettacolo di sabato è tutto esaurito
my Tuesday afternoons are booked
il martedì pomeriggio sono sempre impegnato
I'm fully booked this week
sono impegnato per tutta la settimana

IV.book [Brit bʊk, Am bʊk] VB intr

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I can read her like a book, she is (like) an open book to me
lei è (come) un libro aperto per me
his past is an open book
il suo passato non ha segreti
economics is a closed book to me
l'economia per me è un mistero
she is a closed book to me
non riesco a capirla
to speak by the book
parlare con cognizsione di causa
to throw the book at sb (reprimand)
dare una lavata di capo a qn
to throw the book at sb (accuse)
= incriminare qn per tutti i capi d'accusa
to throw the book at sb (punish or sentence)
dare il massimo (della pena) a qn
to be in sb's good books
essere nelle grazie di qn
to be in sb's bad books
essere sul libro nero di qn
in my book it's a crime inf
secondo me or per il mio modo di vedere è un crimine
to bring sb to book
presentare il conto a qn (for per)
here's one for the book, books
è da segnare sul calendario
you shouldn't judge a book by its cover
l'abito non fa il monaco

I.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] N

III.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] VB trans

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As well as forcing patients to wait longer, block booking can be expensive.
www.galwayindependent.com
The vast majority of these events are planned well in advance, so the question needs to be asked why a special reduced block booking rate wasn't negotiated.
www.limerickleader.ie
Unfortunately, there seems to be no easy way to reduce the cost of getting a licence, although some schools will offer discounts for block booking a number of lessons.
www.bbc.co.uk
Block booking and early bird specials are also available.
www.broadwayworld.com
Special discounts are available for block bookings of 10 or more, pensioners, students and scholars (aged 16 to 18).
www.broadwayworld.com
Block booking and blind bidding were at the heart of the practices charged as illegally monopolistic.
en.wikipedia.org
In short, block booking allowed the majors to wrest the greatest amount of profits from the marketplace.
en.wikipedia.org
Cinema's biggest names are coming and, as they do every year, they're block booking all the rooms.
www.hitc.com
Such were the benefits of having a huge theater chain to fill, and of block booking to persuade other chains to go along.
en.wikipedia.org
Make a block booking, obviously.
www.theregister.co.uk

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