theater ticket
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- noun
- /ˈθiːətər ˈtɪkɪt/
- US
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entrada de teatro
- I purchased two theater tickets for the new play next week.
- movie theater ticket
- get theater tickets
Examples
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Did Dickie ever come through on those theater tickets?
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If there's anything that I can do for you while you're here... dinner reservations, theater tickets, maybe a Knicks game?
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I used your theatre tickets and took my mother.
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What about the theatre tickets?
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I hate to see a theater ticket go to waste.
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Remind her we have theatre tickets for tonight.
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Miss, we have theater tickets.
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We have theater tickets tonight.
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Phil Melkowitz could use my theater tickets tonight.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was the theater ticket that Tuvia had left on the table before going to bed.
Fiction book (1996)
How Expensive
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11
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ticket that allows the holder entry to a theater performance' is directly derivable from combining 'theater' (venue for performances) and 'ticket' (document granting admission). This simple noun–noun compounding is a regular compositional pattern in English and many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Theater ticket comes from the simple image of a small paper pass given at the theater door. You show the ticket to the person at the door, they let you in, so it means 'a pass that lets you enter and watch a performance'.