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(transitive) To admit to a performance without charge. / (intransitive) To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger. / (transitive, intransitive) To drive an empty vehicle.

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Source Word

deadhead

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɛdhɛd/

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

公演やイベントにおいて、無料で参加させる（客に対して料金を免除する） / 無賃で乗車する、または乗り合わせる / 空車状態の車両を運転する、または走行させる

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To fill empty seats, the theater manager decided to deadhead critics and bloggers into the performance.

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空席を埋めるために、劇場の支配人は評論家とブロガーを無料で公演に入場させることにした。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To admit to a performance without charge.

[…] the "puffing" system in criticism, whereby newspaper people were deadheaded in exchange for complimentary notices.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To travel as a deadhead, or non-paying passenger.

Sense（3）

(transitive, intransitive) To drive an empty vehicle.

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Sense（4）

(transitive) To send (a person or message) for free.

Washington suggested that she get some old friend of the family to come with her, and said the Senator would “deadhead” him home again as soon as he had grown tired, of the sights of the capital.

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