"ticket office" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ticket offices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ticket office (plural ticket offices)
  1. An office or booth where tickets may be purchased to allow admittance or for travel. Wikipedia link: en:ticket office Synonyms: booking office Related terms: box office (english: for cinema and theatre) Translations (an office where tickets may be purchased): տոմսարկղ (tomsarkġ) (Armenian), біле́тная ка́са (biljétnaja kása) [feminine] (Belarusian), ка́са (kása) [feminine] (Belarusian), 售票處 (Chinese Mandarin), 售票处 (shòupiàochù) (Chinese Mandarin), 票房 (piàofáng) (Chinese Mandarin), bigletteria (Corsican), billetkontor [neuter] (Danish), biletejo (Esperanto), piletikassa (Estonian), lippumyymälä (Finnish), lipunmyyntipiste (Finnish), lippukoppi (Finnish), lippukassa (Finnish), billetterie [feminine] (French), bilhèteriy [feminine] (Gallo), Abendkasse [feminine] (German), Fahrkartenschalter [masculine] (German), Schalter [masculine] (German), γραφείο έκδοσης εισιτηρίων (grafeío ékdosis eisitiríon) [neuter] (Greek), bilitsilerivik (Greenlandic), jegypénztár (Hungarian), biglietteria [feminine] (Italian), 出札所 (shussatsujo) (alt: しゅっさつじょ) (Japanese), 切符売り場 (kippu-uriba) (alt: きっぷうりば) (Japanese), 매표소 (maepyoso) (alt: 賣票所) (Korean), билета́рница (biletárnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), бла́гајна (blágajna) [feminine] (Macedonian), ка́са (kása) [feminine] (Macedonian), billettkontor [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), billettkontor [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kasa biletowa [feminine] (Polish), bilheteira [feminine] (Portuguese), биле́тная ка́сса (bilétnaja kássa) [feminine] (Russian), ка́сса (kássa) [feminine] (Russian), taquilla [feminine] (Spanish), biljettkontor [neuter] (Swedish), takilya (Tagalog), gişe (Turkish), квитко́ва ка́са (kvytkóva kása) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ка́са (kása) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "biljettkontor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an office where tickets may be purchased",
      "word": "takilya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an office where tickets may be purchased",
      "word": "gişe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kvytkóva kása",
      "sense": "an office where tickets may be purchased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "квитко́ва ка́са"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kása",
      "sense": "an office where tickets may be purchased",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́са"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ticket office"
}

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