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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Now, Davis and Roach are seemingly locked in for a pay-per-view rematch later this year. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 Amazon Prime, which was showing the game live as part of a pay-per-view package, almost missed the goal completely too, with viewers only seeing exactly what had happened when a replay was eventually shown. Stuart James, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025 Fundora was seemingly moving toward a fight with Errol Spence Jr. that would have been a pay-per-view clash. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 The Evolution match, a Last Woman Standing contest against Becky Lynch, took place at the landmark all-women's pay-per-view event. Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 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 6 Apr. 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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