ticket agency

noun

1. an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ticket agency¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Even then the ticket agency was too powerful to beat.

From Los Angeles Times

The business regulation agency said the soccer federation and a ticket agency were guilty of “anti-competitive conduct” in marking up ticket prices for Colombia’s home games in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.

From Washington Times

And then the fourth level is really working with the ticket agency ticket policies and airlines and all sorts of those.

From Washington Times

A man I know, a New York economist, told me that he had friends in from out of town who wanted to see the Knicks, so he called a ticket agency and ordered four seats for a Tuesday night game against the Portland Trailblazers.

From Wall Street Journal

Knowing the two still had little money to spare, I called a local ticket agency, ordered a couple of tickets to a local jazz club and to the Chicago Film Festival, and had them delivered to his office downtown.

From Literature