Book (a large quantity of tickets, seats, hotel rooms, etc.) at the same time.
all 18 rooms have been block-booked by the bride and groom
Example sentencesExamples
As a result, some employers are choosing to block-book places with established childcare providers.
Democrats have greeted Moore's film by block-booking tickets in advance and packing movie houses.
And with female fans rushing to block-book tickets, the ultimate chick flick is set to challenge Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for box office supremacy.
Our consulate here has block-booked rooms to accommodate relatives of the Britons killed a week ago.
Lehman Brothers bank has block-booked more than 100 rooms at the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue to use as temporary offices until a permanent new home can be found.
Japanese media organisations block-booked seats on his flight to Tokyo and several TV stations set aside other news this evening to carry live coverage of his press conference.
Hotels are block-booked to the point where they can charge what they like; taxi drivers seize their annual opportunity to make a mint.
The hotel's 775 rooms are sold out throughout February, block booked for corporate sponsors and NBC, the host broadcasters.
The president, who is scheduled to set off on a twice-postponed Asian tour after next week's midterms, has reportedly block-booked all 570 rooms in the Taj Mahal hotel as a security measure.
A large group of fans have block-booked seats in what was the old Spion Kop and lead the singing just like a choir.
Escapeoverseas block-books accommodation in 12 destinations, including Spain, France and South Africa.
Members of the public are able to block-book seats for all the home matches at the start of each qualifying campaign.
Definition of block-book in US English:
block-book
verbˌblɑkˈbʊkˌbläkˈbo͝ok
[with object]
Book (a large quantity of tickets, seats, hotel rooms, etc.) at the same time.
all 18 rooms have been block-booked by the bride and groom
Example sentencesExamples
Democrats have greeted Moore's film by block-booking tickets in advance and packing movie houses.
Escapeoverseas block-books accommodation in 12 destinations, including Spain, France and South Africa.
The hotel's 775 rooms are sold out throughout February, block booked for corporate sponsors and NBC, the host broadcasters.
As a result, some employers are choosing to block-book places with established childcare providers.
Our consulate here has block-booked rooms to accommodate relatives of the Britons killed a week ago.
Japanese media organisations block-booked seats on his flight to Tokyo and several TV stations set aside other news this evening to carry live coverage of his press conference.
Members of the public are able to block-book seats for all the home matches at the start of each qualifying campaign.
And with female fans rushing to block-book tickets, the ultimate chick flick is set to challenge Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull for box office supremacy.
The president, who is scheduled to set off on a twice-postponed Asian tour after next week's midterms, has reportedly block-booked all 570 rooms in the Taj Mahal hotel as a security measure.
A large group of fans have block-booked seats in what was the old Spion Kop and lead the singing just like a choir.
Lehman Brothers bank has block-booked more than 100 rooms at the Sheraton Hotel on 7th Avenue to use as temporary offices until a permanent new home can be found.
Hotels are block-booked to the point where they can charge what they like; taxi drivers seize their annual opportunity to make a mint.