ticket scanner

Turnstile gate reader

A ticket scanner is a device that reads barcodes or QR codes on tickets to verify admission—at concert venues, transit stations, movie theaters, or sporting events.

The term also refers to the person operating such a device: The ticket scanner waved us through after checking our phones.

Related

general admission · VIP entrance · beep · validate · entry · concert · stub · QR code · reader · attendant · wristband · stadium · bounce · line · queue · laser · swipe · access

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Opposites
transaction role

ticket scannerticket seller

Person selling admission passes

ticket booth · box office · ticket printer · ticket machine · ticket window

access function

ticket scannerturnstile

Rotating single-passage barrier

bouncer · security barrier · gate · gate lock · barrier

Family

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