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ticket office en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. An office or booth where tickets may be purchased to allow admittance or for travel.
   • Traditionally, 'ticket office' seems to have been the preferred term in America, with Britain using the term 'booking office' (as an 1881 edition of The Railway Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine explains). Today, the two are often used interchangeably (as the recent 'Save our ticket offices' campaign shows), with the term 'ticketing' perhaps capturing more of the point-of-sale transaction and issuing of tickets within stations. 2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56:
   • On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline. 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 29:

Forms

Relateds

box office

Synonyms

booking office

Translations (41)

de Abendkasse (an office where tickets may be purchased) · fi lipunmyyntipiste (an office where tickets may be purchased) · mk ка́са (an office where tickets may be purchased) · pt bilheteira (an office where tickets may be purchased) · fi lippukoppi (an office where tickets may be purchased) · roa-gal bilhèteriy (an office where tickets may be purchased) · sv biljettkontor (an office where tickets may be purchased) · ru биле́тная ка́сса (an office where tickets may be purchased) · be біле́тная ка́са (an office where tickets may be purchased) · de Fahrkartenschalter (an office where tickets may be purchased) · cmn 票房 (an office where tickets may be purchased) · tr gişe (an office where tickets may be purchased) · el γραφείο έκδοσης εισιτηρίων (an office where tickets may be purchased) · de Schalter (an office where tickets may be purchased) · nb billettkontor (an office where tickets may be purchased) · ja 切符売り場 (an office where tickets may be purchased) · be ка́са (an office where tickets may be purchased) · pl kasa biletowa (an office where tickets may be purchased) · uk ка́са (an office where tickets may be purchased) · uk квитко́ва ка́са (an office where tickets may be purchased) · ko 매표소 (an office where tickets may be purchased) · fi lippukassa (an office where tickets may be purchased) · hu jegypénztár (an office where tickets may be purchased) · mk билета́рница (an office where tickets may be purchased) · tl takilya (an office where tickets may be purchased) · cmn 售票處 /售票处 (an office where tickets may be purchased) · es taquilla (an office where tickets may be purchased) · co bigletteria (an office where tickets may be purchased) · eo biletejo (an office where tickets may be purchased) · kl bilitsilerivik (an office where tickets may be purchased) · fi lippumyymälä (an office where tickets may be purchased) · et piletikassa (an office where tickets may be purchased) · da billetkontor (an office where tickets may be purchased) · it biglietteria (an office where tickets may be purchased) · fr billetterie (an office where tickets may be purchased) · nn billettkontor (an office where tickets may be purchased) · mk бла́гајна (an office where tickets may be purchased) · ja 出札所 (an office where tickets may be purchased) · hy տոմսարկղ (an office where tickets may be purchased) · vo bilietabür (an office where tickets may be purchased) · ru ка́сса (an office where tickets may be purchased)