ticket booth
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈtɪkɪt buːθ/
:
taquilla
- There is a small fee associated with purchasing tickets online; however, the time saved at the ticket booth will make it worth the cost.
- ticket booth for the theater
- half-price ticket booth
- ticket booth at the parking
Generally, all of the ticket booth revenue goes to the movie studios anyway.
- Generally, all of the ticket booth revenue goes to the movie studios anyway.
- At the first ticket booth, he needed a credit card, and like most refugees, he didn't have one.
Examples
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We get off the bus and walk to the ticket booth.
Fiction book (1998) -
I arrive at the ticket booth and find a beautiful, robust woman there.
Fiction book (1995) -
The ticket booth is over here.
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The train was late, and there was no one at the ticket booth to give him any information.
Fiction book (1995) -
When I reach the ticket booth, the man says, "You can't take him in there."
Fiction book (1992) -
Tommy wades his way through a small crowd up to the ticket booth.
Fiction book (1995) -
The ticket booth for the cable car was closed, but the cable was still running, the gondola full of people riding down the hill.
Fiction book (1992) -
The old man in the ticket booth stamps our forearms green, and we go through the turnstile.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tourists perched on the red staircase over the discount-ticket booth and chatted in various languages, undaunted.
Blog text (33) -
You can buy your concert tickets at the ticket booth near the entrance.
Synonyms
292
1.4
A small enclosed space where people sell things, give information, or vote
22
1.8
A place at a theatre or cinema where people buy tickets
4
1.0
A place where people get tickets for trains, shows and events
1
1.8
A place at a station or theatre where people buy tickets
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally built from 'ticket' (a document granting admission) and 'booth' (a small enclosed stall), i.e. a stall where tickets are sold. This noun+noun compounding pattern is common across languages and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun ticket booth comes from a simple image: a small booth with a window where someone sells tickets. That's why it means 'a small place where tickets are sold'.