ticket gate
noun
a barrier at which tickets are checked, manually or electronically; especially at a railway station.
ticket gates
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pluralof ticket gate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And remember that museum shops typically offer an alternative entrance or one outside the ticket gates, so there’s no need to buy admission.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2021
My ticket was obviously a forgery, I was the fall-guy of an admittedly amusing ruse and I was surely about to set off an alarm at the ticket gates.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2021
The zoo is doubling the number of ticket gates, from three to six, to accommodate the expected increase in visitors.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2018
Tap-and-go handsets may also allow for other transactions, such as those at vending machines, parking meters and transit ticket gates, Forrester Research Inc. analyst Thomas Husson wrote in a March 31 report.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 4, 2011
One does not throw waste paper out of a carriage window, nor take trivial short cuts, nor walk on the grass, nor attempt to pass through ticket gates before the proper time.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Eric Fisher Wood
