standing room

noun

: space for standing
especially : accommodation available for spectators or passengers after all seats are filled

Examples of standing room in a Sentence

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If there isn’t any more salt to be added to the wound, the same standing room only tickets that were once £150 got bumped up to £350+ through dynamic pricing — a feature where if a concert grows in demand, so does the price of tickets. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024 Germany’s lavish public subsidies mean that there are tickets for every budget, including over 300 standing room tickets for under €20. A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024 In the venue, packed to standing room only, was arguably the highest concentration of financial expertise in the world at this time, from managing partners of the largest firms to entrepreneurial firms from all across America. Steel Rose, Cpa, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 The tickets start at $570 for standing room only and the average ticket costs $1,500. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for standing room 

Word History

First Known Use

1603, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of standing room was in 1603

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“Standing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/standing%20room. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

standing room

noun
: space available for spectators or passengers to stand in after all seats are filled
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