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1 bums on seats
марк., упр. заполняемость [наполняемость\], поток, вал (по отношению к организациям, которые предоставляют образование или развлекательные услуги) -
2 bums on seats
1) Общая лексика: зрители, проданные билеты2) Разговорное выражение: по фактическому присутствию (в консалтинге принцип оплаты по фактическому пребыванию сотрудников консультанта на проекте) -
3 bum
I [bʌm] 1. сущ.; разг.1) разг. бездельник, лентяй, лодырьSyn:2) амер.; разг. бродяга, бездомный, бомжSyn:3) фанатSyn:••2. прил.; разг.to give smb. the bum's rush — вытолкать кого-л. взашей
1) плохой, дряной; ненужный, бесполезныйThis is a bum party. — Это совершенно ужасная вечеринка.
2) халтурный, низкопробный3. гл.; разг.1) = bum about / around лодырничать, шататься без дела; слонятьсяI've been bumming about for the last year without a job. — Последний год я сидел без работы.
•II [bʌm] сущ.; брит.; разг.зад, задницаbums on seats — зрители, зрительская аудитория ( рассматриваемые как источник дохода)
to put / get more bums on seats — привлечь больше зрителей
Syn:••builder's bum — частично обнажённые ягодицы (''выглядывающие'' из-под пояса брюк, когда человек нагибается)
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bums on seats — (theatre) Audiences, good houses • • • Main Entry: ↑bum * * * bums on seats british informal phrase the idea that it is important to have a lot of people going to an event or performance, for example so that you will make more money or it will… … Useful english dictionary
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bum — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (informal) 1 (BrE) person s bottom ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ bare VERB + BUM ▪ feel, pinch ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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bum — bum1 S3 [bʌm] n informal [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from bummer bum (19 20 centuries), perhaps from German bummler lazy person ] 1.) BrE the part of your body that you sit on = ↑bottom 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English