box office
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈbɑks ˈɔfɪs/
:
taquilla
- Call our box office to find out more: 266-9494 or 800-371-4747.
- box office success
Examples
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Tickets can be redeemed at the box office.
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We now have a 400-seat theater with dressing rooms and a box office.
Blog text (15) -
You need to call the box office right now, not tomorrow, not next week, right now, before.
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Excuse me, do you know where the box office--?
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I went to the box office about a week before.
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Please turn in your tickets at the box office.
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I'll have tickets for you at the box office.
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I just checked with the box office, and about half of the tickets are gone.
Blog text (4) -
Box office opens at 11:00.
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You can buy your tickets at the box office before the show starts.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people get tickets for trains, shows and events
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1.4
A small place where people buy tickets for trains or shows
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1.8
A place at a station or theatre where people buy tickets
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The MWE meaning 'amount of money earned from ticket sales' is a metonymic extension (from the place where tickets are sold to the takings) and is not directly or compositionally derived from 'box' (a seating area) + 'office' (a room for work). A B1 learner who knows the constituent words is unlikely to predict this financial sense without prior exposure, so the expression functions idiomatically in this use.
Etymology
Box office comes from the small box at a theater where a worker collected money and handed out tickets. That's why it means 'the place where tickets are sold'.