pay-per-view

noun

: a cable television service by which customers can order access to a particular broadcast for a fee

Examples of pay-per-view in a Sentence

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The next pay-per-view card on the 2025 UFC schedule is nearly upon us. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Both have won Olympic silver medals, have interesting back stories and the fight is not some overpriced pay-per-view. Tony Paige, New York Daily News, 14 Feb. 2025 To finish it off on a pay-per-view and cut a heart-wrenching emotional promo after is what people like. Jeremy Hanna, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025 On Saturday night, UFC fans get another exciting and hard-hitting pay-per-view, with the main event featuring the 31-year-old middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (22-2-0) out of South Africa, going up against American loudmouth and former champion Sean Strickland (29-6-0). Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pay-per-view

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pay-per-view was in 1978

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“Pay-per-view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay-per-view. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.

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pay-per-view

noun
: a cable television service by which customers can order access to a particular broadcast for a fee
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