will call

noun

A ticket booth or window for collecting pre-ordered tickets.

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Meanings

nounwill call (countable and uncountable, plural will calls)

plural will calls · alternative will-call

  1. UScountableA ticket booth or window for collecting pre-ordered tickets.

    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’.

    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
  2. USuncountableA 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.

Origin

Short for “the customer will call to collect the tickets” or similar.

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APA

will call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/will%20call

MLA

“will call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/will%20call. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “will call,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/will%20call.

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