pay-box

A customer inserts coins into the pay-box at the parking lot.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A pay-box is a box or enclosure where payments are made, especially for tickets or admission fees at a venue such as a theater, cinema, or railway station.

Usage Examples

Advanced Usage

• "to work at the pay-box": to be employed as a ticket seller or cashier at a payment booth.
  • He worked at the pay-box for three summers during college.

Variants and Related Words

• Pay-box (n): also spelled paybox (one word) in some contexts.
  • The paybox at the museum was closed for lunch.

Synonyms

• Ticket booth: a small structure where tickets are sold.
• Box office: a place where tickets for events are sold (often used for theaters or cinemas).
• Cashier's window: a window or counter where payments are processed.

Related Idioms

• "to be at the pay-box": to be in charge of receiving money at a payment point.
  • She was at the pay-box all afternoon, handling cash and issuing tickets.