booking office
booking office noun: a place where tickets are sold, e.g. at a railway station or theatre.
Noun
booking office (plural booking offices)
- A place where tickets are sold, e.g. at a railway station or theatre.
- The NYMR [North Yorkshire Moors Railway] runs the booking office in Whitby, selling national rail tickets alongside those for the steam services.2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 78
- Traditionally, 'ticket office' seems to have been the preferred term in America, with Britain using the term 'booking office' (as an 1881 edition of The Railway Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine explains). Today, the two are often used interchangeably (as the recent 'Save our ticket offices'...2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56
- Synonyms:
- ticket office
booking office meaning in Tamil
booking office in Tamil
- பதிவு அலுவலகம், முன்பதிவு அலுவலகம்
Synonyms of booking office
Forms of booking office
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Questions about booking office
- What does booking office mean?
- Booking office means a place where tickets are sold, e.g. at a railway station or theatre.
- What is booking office in Tamil?
- Booking office in Tamil is பதிவு அலுவலகம், முன்பதிவு அலுவலகம். See Booking office meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is booking office?
- Booking office is a noun.
- What is the plural of booking office?
- The plural of booking office is booking offices.
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