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Definition of Box office
1. Noun. Total admission receipts for an entertainment.
2. Noun. The office where tickets of admission are sold.
Generic synonyms: Business Office, Office
Group relationships: House, Theater, Theatre
Definition of Box office
1. Noun. A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema ¹
2. Noun. (uncountable by extension) the total amount of money paid by people worldwide to watch a movie at cinemas/movie theaters. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Box Office
Literary usage of Box office
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Berlin and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker, Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Box-office 10-1.30; booking-fee 30-50 pf. 10. Berliner Theater (PL G, 22),
Charlotten-Str. 90-92, for dramas and comedies; 1600 seats. ..."
2. The Vaudeville Theatre, Building, Operation, Management by Edward Renton (1918)
"Though it is customary to display this outside the box-office, it may also be
... where every patron enroute to the box-office will be likely to see it. ..."