Buyrate

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the percentage of available households that purchase a pay-per-view show.

    "On pay-per-view, November To Remember garnered a 0.20 buyrate, in the same neighborhood as the first two shows and, impressively, half what the WWF drew the following week for its In Your House: Degeneration X event."

Example

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"On pay-per-view, November To Remember garnered a 0.20 buyrate, in the same neighborhood as the first two shows and, impressively, half what the WWF drew the following week for its In Your House: Degeneration X event."

Etymology

From buy + rate.

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