| 单词 | ten per center |
| 释义 | > as lemmasten per center ten per center n. (a) an investor receiving ten per cent. interest; (b) U.S. Theatre slang a theatrical agent (so called from the ten per cent commission that an agent takes). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [noun] > theatrical agency > agent agent1825 theatrical agent1825 entrepreneur1851 ten per center1902 booker1935 1902 Westm. Gaz. 30 July 9/2 Anxious as he is to make every speculative investor in the mines a ten-per-center. 1926 Variety 29 Dec. xi. 5/4 Broadway chatter is full of theatrical cracks such as..‘ten per center’. 1962 Punch 26 Dec. 920/1 A condition of the licence being granted is that the applicant advertises for two weeks in The Stage, stating his intention of joining the ten-percenters. < as lemmas |
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