roadshow

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Etymology

From road +‎ show.

Pronunciation

Noun

roadshow (plural roadshows)

  1. A show that travels from place to place.
  2. (film) The showing of a film in selected cinemas prior to its general release.
    • 2016 August 22, David Sims, “Why ‘Ben-Hur’ Was Hollywood's $100M Mistake”, in The Atlantic‎:
      In 2004, Gibson’s roadshow tour for The Passion of the Christ saw him visiting church groups and giving impassioned speeches about the film (which Hollywood studios refused to fund or distribute).
  3. (business) A series of meetings across different cities in which executives from a company have the opportunity to talk with current or potential investors.
    • 2016 July 29, Gillian B. White, Bourree Lam, “‘Equity’: Finally, a Movie About Women Who Love Money”, in The Atlantic‎:
      I thought Equity had a pretty quick and easy way of illustrating what happens when a company decides to go public: from the pitch, to the due diligence, to the pricing, to the roadshow.

Translations

Verb

roadshow (third-person singular simple present roadshows, present participle roadshowing, simple past roadshowed, past participle roadshown)

  1. (transitive) To show in various places as part of a travelling excursion.

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