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Cinema, Film, TV, Drama | | English term or phrase: over punch | Context: software for film distributors and theater managers
The term seems to refer to theater tickets ("Sold (Void + Refund + Over Punch)") |
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| | entwertet | Explanation:
Der 'punch' ist der Locher, der Karten entwertet - over punch dann vielleicht einfach die Tatsache, dass das geschehen ist?
"In AE (at least in N.Y., not sure about elsewhere, because tickets are not 'entwertet' everywhere) it's ''punch your ticket'' (from the old machines which punched a hole in it)."
http://dict.leo.org/archiv.ende/2003_10/30/20031030105954c_e...
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Note added at 22 hrs (2006-08-25 07:00:11 GMT)
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d.h., die Gesamtzahl aller verkauften Karten wird aufgeteilt in die ungültigen/verfallenen, den zurückgegebenen/erstatteten und den entwerteten, mit denen die Leute dann tatsächlich ins Theater gegangen sind... |
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Sandra Becker
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Local time: 09:21
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Explanation:
Der 'punch' ist der Locher, der Karten entwertet - over punch dann vielleicht einfach die Tatsache, dass das geschehen ist?
"In AE (at least in N.Y., not sure about elsewhere, because tickets are not 'entwertet' everywhere) it's ''punch your ticket'' (from the old machines which punched a hole in it)."
http://dict.leo.org/archiv.ende/2003_10/30/20031030105954c_e...
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Note added at 22 hrs (2006-08-25 07:00:11 GMT)
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d.h., die Gesamtzahl aller verkauften Karten wird aufgeteilt in die ungültigen/verfallenen, den zurückgegebenen/erstatteten und den entwerteten, mit denen die Leute dann tatsächlich ins Theater gegangen sind...
| Sandra Becker
Germany
Local time: 09:21
Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 4
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