ticket dispenser

Admission slip source

A ticket dispenser is a machine that issues tickets—for parking, transit, queues, or events.

You pull a numbered slip at the deli counter, feed bills into a kiosk at the train station, or press a button at a parking garage entrance.

The term covers both simple take-a-number devices and sophisticated automated systems: The ticket dispenser was jammed, so everyone just walked in.

Related

stub · receipt · queue · parking · parking garage · metro · train station · fare · vending · coin · exact change · paper · transit · booth · automated · out of order · print · swipe

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Opposites
automation vs. human service

ticket dispenserticket agent

Sells passage or admission

ticket clerk · station attendant · conductor · fare collector · concierge

distribution vs. collection

ticket dispenserticket collector

Verifies paid passage

turnstile · fare gate · ticket scanner · ticket punch · ticket taker

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G