box officen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbɒks ˌɒfɪs/, U.S.

/ˈbɑks ˌɔfəs/,

/ˈbɑks ˌɑfəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box n.², office n.

Etymology: < box n.² (compare sense 16a at that entry) + office n.

A. n.

1. An office at a theatre, cinema, or similar venue, at which tickets can be bought, booked, or reserved. In early use: spec. an office at a theatre at which boxes (box n.² 16a) can be hired.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > box office

box office1741

paybox1814

booking office1945

1741 London Daily Post 30 Apr. 1/1 None to be admitted into the Boxes but by printed Tickets, which will be deliver'd at the Box-Office, at 5 s. each.

1786 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iii. 77 After we had nearly reach'd the Box Office a cry of Pick-pocket raised a general confusion.

1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 631/2 Those who apply first for places at the Box-Office.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iv. 327 The box office was at the entrance to the Pier.

2016 Church Times 22 Jan. 23/1 The buzz is starting, fuelled by the auditions that were held in the run-up to Christmas, and by the opening of the box office.

a. In extended use (by metonymy): the profits or revenue of a performance, film, etc., generated by ticket sales. Also: the paying audience.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > takings or receipts > types of

gate-money1820

box office1870

gate1891

gate receipts1914

skim money1973

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > financial element

box office1870

1870 Western Monthly (Chicago) Feb. 122/1 The impresarii will tell you that they esteem Chicago..only second as a musical centre to New York... They speak, of course, from the basis of the box-office; for they themselves rarely regard music from any point of view but the financial one.

1904 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. (1956) 44 I dont want to sacrifice my aim to the box office.

1943 Pittsburgh Courier 27 Mar. 21 The ‘Models’ are doing good box office at every theatre in which they play.

1983 P. Dickinson Hindsight xiii. 166 He had every incentive..to invent scenes which would appeal to the box-office.

2009 New Yorker 10 Aug. 39/3 The promoter guarantees the artist a minimum fee or a split of the box-office, whichever is higher.

b. Commercial success; popularity with a wide audience; success in attracting or appealing to an audience. Also: the means by which commercial success or popular appeal is achieved. Cf. draw n. 15b.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > financial element > successful in appealing to paying audiences

box office1926

1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. viii. 183 ‘Don't know why he keeps on an amateur like that.’ ‘Box office, dear boy; she brings the smart people.’

1930 Washington Post 28 Apr. 16/7 Here we have a rather fine story, intelligently phrased and admirably played... And along comes somebody and announces this to the world as ‘Ladies Love Brutes’. This may be good Box Office, and certainly it is a week of crowds at the Earle.

1962 Listener 8 Mar. 446/2 His canny equation of box-office and genuine artistic ambition.

2014 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Nov. (Arts & Leisure section) 24/4 One final producer pitch today, this time to a pod of four movie-writing superstars whose combined box office I can't even.

B. adj.

Commercially successful; popular with a wide audience; (in extended use) successful in attracting or appealing to an audience.

ΚΠ

1892 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Mar. 377 Plays which,..though not good box-office pieces, are still worthy of the attention of serious students of the drama.

1913 Variety 31 Oct. 18/4 It has a sure-fire box office name at the head, for Alice Lloyd will draw business where one hundred others would fall down.

1927 Hollywood Topics 29 Jan. 13/2 It is one of those motion pictures so alluring in the mound of its personalities and its resourcefulness of method, so box-office and still so artistic.

1960 Observer 11 Dec. 40/7 Mr. Khrushchev's box office performance at the United Nations.

2015 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 5/3 The industry's navel-gazing preference for movies appreciated primarily by thespians..over box office hits that were appreciated—in far greater numbers—by the general public.

Compounds

General use as a modifier (in sense A. 1), as in box office clerk, box office receipt, box office window, etc.

ΚΠ

1748 Gen. Advertiser 7 May For the Benefit of..Mr. Jones, Box Office-keeper, Mr. Berriford, Boxkeeper, Mr. Atkinson Pit Doorkeeper.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 74 Close to Mr. Spring's Box office door, I've stood and eye'd the builders.

1968 F. Sutton Master of Ballyhoo xi. 121 The scoffers bought tickets as fast as the box-office clerk could hand them out.

2004 A. A. Simon Playing Life from Center Court ii. 29 Taped to the box office window, we found a note that said, ‘6:45 show sold out. Buy tickets for the 9:15 show’.

2013 Vanity Fair Jan. 72 And The Numbers—daily accountings of every dollar spent, every box-office receipt—are all that matter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	box office
释义	box officen.adj. Brit. /ˈbɒks ˌɒfɪs/, U.S. /ˈbɑks ˌɔfəs/, /ˈbɑks ˌɑfəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: box n.², office n. Etymology: < box n.² (compare sense 16a at that entry) + office n. A. n. 1. An office at a theatre, cinema, or similar venue, at which tickets can be bought, booked, or reserved. In early use: spec. an office at a theatre at which boxes (box n.² 16a) can be hired. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > other parts of theatre > [noun] > box office box office1741 paybox1814 booking office1945 1741 London Daily Post 30 Apr. 1/1 None to be admitted into the Boxes but by printed Tickets, which will be deliver'd at the Box-Office, at 5 s. each. 1786 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iii. 77 After we had nearly reach'd the Box Office a cry of Pick-pocket raised a general confusion. 1812 Examiner 5 Oct. 631/2 Those who apply first for places at the Box-Office. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. ii. iv. 327 The box office was at the entrance to the Pier. 2016 Church Times 22 Jan. 23/1 The buzz is starting, fuelled by the auditions that were held in the run-up to Christmas, and by the opening of the box office. 2. a. In extended use (by metonymy): the profits or revenue of a performance, film, etc., generated by ticket sales. Also: the paying audience. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > takings or receipts > types of gate-money1820 box office1870 gate1891 gate receipts1914 skim money1973 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > financial element box office1870 1870 Western Monthly (Chicago) Feb. 122/1 The impresarii will tell you that they esteem Chicago..only second as a musical centre to New York... They speak, of course, from the basis of the box-office; for they themselves rarely regard music from any point of view but the financial one. 1904 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Dec. (1956) 44 I dont want to sacrifice my aim to the box office. 1943 Pittsburgh Courier 27 Mar. 21 The ‘Models’ are doing good box office at every theatre in which they play. 1983 P. Dickinson Hindsight xiii. 166 He had every incentive..to invent scenes which would appeal to the box-office. 2009 New Yorker 10 Aug. 39/3 The promoter guarantees the artist a minimum fee or a split of the box-office, whichever is higher. b. Commercial success; popularity with a wide audience; success in attracting or appealing to an audience. Also: the means by which commercial success or popular appeal is achieved. Cf. draw n. 15b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > financial element > successful in appealing to paying audiences box office1926 1926 J. Galsworthy Silver Spoon ii. viii. 183 ‘Don't know why he keeps on an amateur like that.’ ‘Box office, dear boy; she brings the smart people.’ 1930 Washington Post 28 Apr. 16/7 Here we have a rather fine story, intelligently phrased and admirably played... And along comes somebody and announces this to the world as ‘Ladies Love Brutes’. This may be good Box Office, and certainly it is a week of crowds at the Earle. 1962 Listener 8 Mar. 446/2 His canny equation of box-office and genuine artistic ambition. 2014 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 Nov. (Arts & Leisure section) 24/4 One final producer pitch today, this time to a pod of four movie-writing superstars whose combined box office I can't even. B. adj. Commercially successful; popular with a wide audience; (in extended use) successful in attracting or appealing to an audience. ΚΠ 1892 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Mar. 377 Plays which,..though not good box-office pieces, are still worthy of the attention of serious students of the drama. 1913 Variety 31 Oct. 18/4 It has a sure-fire box office name at the head, for Alice Lloyd will draw business where one hundred others would fall down. 1927 Hollywood Topics 29 Jan. 13/2 It is one of those motion pictures so alluring in the mound of its personalities and its resourcefulness of method, so box-office and still so artistic. 1960 Observer 11 Dec. 40/7 Mr. Khrushchev's box office performance at the United Nations. 2015 Daily Tel. 23 Feb. 5/3 The industry's navel-gazing preference for movies appreciated primarily by thespians..over box office hits that were appreciated—in far greater numbers—by the general public. Compounds General use as a modifier (in sense A. 1), as in box office clerk, box office receipt, box office window, etc. ΚΠ 1748 Gen. Advertiser 7 May For the Benefit of..Mr. Jones, Box Office-keeper, Mr. Berriford, Boxkeeper, Mr. Atkinson Pit Doorkeeper. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 74 Close to Mr. Spring's Box office door, I've stood and eye'd the builders. 1968 F. Sutton Master of Ballyhoo xi. 121 The scoffers bought tickets as fast as the box-office clerk could hand them out. 2004 A. A. Simon Playing Life from Center Court ii. 29 Taped to the box office window, we found a note that said, ‘6:45 show sold out. Buy tickets for the 9:15 show’. 2013 Vanity Fair Jan. 72 And The Numbers—daily accountings of every dollar spent, every box-office receipt—are all that matter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1741
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