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paybox

American  
[pey-boks] / ˈpeɪˌbɒks /

noun

British.

  1. box office.

Etymology

Origin of paybox

First recorded in 1850–55; pay 1 + box 1

Example Sentences

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Eleven bank-notes were thrust into a paybox at one time for eleven stalls.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

On our presenting ourselves at the paybox we were gruffly directed to go round to Castle Street, and were informed that we were half-an-hour behind our time.

From Three Men in a Boat by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Chap in the paybox there got away James Stephens, they say.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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