will call
See also: will-call
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editShort for “the customer will call to collect the tickets” or similar.
Noun
editwill call (countable and uncountable, plural will calls)
- (US, countable) A ticket booth or window for collecting pre-ordered tickets.
- 2023 November 6, Chris Willman, quoting Bryan West, “Gannett’s Taylor Swift Reporter, Revealed: Meet Bryan West, the First Full-Time Swiftie Journalist”, in Variety[1]:
- I went home, I changed, I went to Walgreens and printed out a headshot of me and signed it ‘from your favorite local news reporter,’ and I sat in the parking lot for four hours until she said, ‘Hey, your passes to go backstage are at will-call’.
- (US, uncountable) A method of delivery for purchased items where the customer picks up the items at the seller's place of business, primarily in North American commerce.