society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [verb (transitive)] > fill with free passes (2)
transitive. Theatre slang. To fill (a theatre, etc.) by giving out free tickets. Chiefly in to paper the house (house, n.1 4c). Cf. paper, n. 14.
transitive. Theatre slang. To add elegance or numbers to (a theatre audience, etc.), in return for a complimentary ticket; to swell (the house)…