noun phrase · neutral

ticket sales

/ˈtɪkɪt seɪlz/TICK·et SALES

Band 7+speakingtask2

the selling of tickets for an event; revenue from sold tickets

Examples

Poor weather reduced ticket sales for the outdoor concert.

Clubs rely on ticket sales as a key match-day income.

Early-bird discounts helped boost ticket sales for the tournament.

Band 8 sentence

Effective marketing and dynamic pricing helped the organisers push ticket sales well beyond expectations.

Collocations

  • advance ticket sales
  • online ticket sales

Word family

ticket nounsale noun

Common mistakes

ticket's salesticket sales

a ticket salesticket sales

Say it for a higher band

5ticket sale6ticketing7+ticket sales

Synonyms

gate receipts

Easily confused

gate receipts

The club's gate receipts doubled after they reached the final.

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