ticket office

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noun

an office or booth at which tickets are sold, as for a play, a film, or travel accommodations.

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Origin of ticket office

First recorded in 1660–70

It is not union-busting to say we won’t pay workers when they are not working or that we won’t keep the ticket office open when there is no demand.
How a dispute with a handful of Strathmore ticket-sellers led to impasse with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, canceled concerts|Peggy McGlone|November 5, 2021|Washington Post
He went up to Jorgensen and asked where he could set up a temporary ticket office for Interplanet.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
That very same afternoon, wandering about the station, I chanced to saunter into the ticket-office.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914|Various
Telephone the Pullman ticket office and change my berth reservation from the ten-thirty to the one o'clock train.
Red Pepper Burns|Grace S. Richmond

Waiting for a train where I changed cars I was invited to sit in the ticket office, as the waiting room was uncomfortable.
Prisons and Prayer: Or a Labor of Love|Elizabeth Ryder Wheaton
She stood in front of the ticket-office at Bestwood, and Paul watched her take from her purse the money for the tickets.
Sons and Lovers|David Herbert Lawrence