ticket sales

Meanings

1. 1nounplural

   The number or total value of tickets sold for an event, show, or journey.

   Grammar: Plural noun: ticket sales are up; you cannot say 'a ticket sales'.

   Patterns

   • ticket sales are up/down
   • boost ticket sales
   • ticket sales for something

   Ticket sales for the concert passed a million in the first day.

   The theater reported strong ticket sales despite the bad weather.

   Ticket sales usually drop after the opening weekend.

2. 2nounpluralbusiness

   The activity or department of selling tickets, especially for travel or entertainment.

   Grammar: Plural noun used like a department name; often before another noun, as in ticket sales manager.

   Patterns

   • work in ticket sales
   • the ticket sales office
   • ticket sales manager

   She got a job in ticket sales at the airline.

   Call the ticket sales office if you need to change your booking.

Common combinations

ticket sales are up

Ticket sales are up by twenty percent compared with last year.

boost ticket sales

The band added a second show to boost ticket sales.

advance ticket sales

Advance ticket sales suggest the festival will sell out.

ticket sales figures

The ticket sales figures are released every Monday.

Synonyms and how they differ

box office

Refers to the money a film or show takes, or to the place where tickets are sold, rather than to the number of tickets sold.

bookings

A general word for reservations, used for hotels and travel as well as shows; ticket sales stresses the selling of tickets.

Word family

ticket noun

A printed or electronic pass that lets you enter a place or travel.

ticket office noun

The place where you buy tickets for a show or journey.

Commonly confused: ticket sales or ticket scalping?

Practice

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