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  • verb transitive To buy in advance.

Etymologies

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pre- +‎ buy

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Examples

  • USA has locked up “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Sex and the City: The Movie,” among others, and FX earlier engineered a five-picture prebuy from Columbia, highlighted by two Judd Apatow movies: “Step Brothers,” with Will Ferrell, and “Pineapple Express.”

    FX, Universal ink $100 million deal so we can see Hellboy 2 for 24 hours straight on Thanksgiving | Fused Film 2008

  • This indicated very little difference between the prebuy and postbuy numbers, suggesting that the relationships between program and purchaser are stable.

    What We Have Learned About Maximizing TV ROI - Bill Harvey - MediaBizBlogger 2009

  • The ideal strategy is to prebuy in a rising market.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • The ideal strategy is to prebuy in a rising market.

    A Year of Wine Tyler Colman 2008

  • (If gas costs $4.35 a gallon near Miami's airport, renters can prebuy a full tank at $4.20 a gallon.)

    Refueling at $8 a Gallon 2008

  • USA has locked up “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Sex and the City: The Movie,” among others, and FX earlier engineered a five-picture prebuy from Columbia, highlighted by two Judd Apatow movies: “Step Brothers,” with Will Ferrell, and “Pineapple Express.”

    FX, Universal ink $100 million deal so we can see Hellboy 2 for 24 hours straight on Thanksgiving 2008

  • Under the international presale/prebuy structure, each distributor licenses the film prior to the start of principal photography, providing a minimum guarantee based on the budget of the film, while receiving the distribution rights to its own market or territory in return.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • Under the international presale/prebuy structure, each distributor licenses the film prior to the start of principal photography, providing a minimum guarantee based on the budget of the film, while receiving the distribution rights to its own market or territory in return.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • Under the international presale/prebuy structure, each distributor licenses the film prior to the start of principal photography, providing a minimum guarantee based on the budget of the film, while receiving the distribution rights to its own market or territory in return.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

  • Under the international presale/prebuy structure, each distributor licenses the film prior to the start of principal photography, providing a minimum guarantee based on the budget of the film, while receiving the distribution rights to its own market or territory in return.

    The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004

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