general admission

noun

: a fee paid for admission to a usually unreserved seating area (as in an auditorium or stadium)

Examples of general admission in a Sentence

Reserved seating is $20; general admission is $10.

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One-day general admission tickets for Wednesday start at $154 for adults. —

Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024 Tickets for the all-ages event start at $54.99 for general admission and $149.99 for VIP at punkinthepark.com. —

Charlie Vargas, Orange County Register, 23 Dec. 2024 Under Bedford’s leadership, SF MoMA has eliminated twenty jobs and raised the general admission price to $30. —

News Desk, Artforum, 23 Dec. 2024 Even the lowest-price $375 general admission ticket includes live entertainment, free-flowing spirits, and food stations laden with sushi and oysters on the half shell. —

Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for general admission

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of general admission was in 1969

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“General admission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/general%20admission. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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