will call

noun — 2 senses

will call

noun

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

1

US A 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

US 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.

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