ticket agency
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ticket agency
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson for the ticket agency apologised to affected fans and said a programme had been used to "block touts".
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
Even then the ticket agency was too powerful to beat.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024
Each passenger on the ill-fated bus paid $15 for the 200-mile round trip to Mohegan Sun, said Matthew Yu, operator of Sunflower Express, the ticket agency that coordinated sales.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2011
He was an extra, occasional actor, stage manager, casting director and producer on Broadway through the 1930s and 1940s, and then worked for years at a ticket agency next door, naturally, to Sardi’s.
From New York Times • May 24, 2010
North American itself, though its name is on all planes, acted merely as a ticket agency.
From Time Magazine Archive
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