Editing Box office (section)

==Etymology==
[[Tudor money box|Ceramic money boxes]] were used at the sixteenth-century [[Globe Theatre]] and [[The Rose (theatre)|Rose Theatre]] in London, where many examples have been found during archaeological investigations. They were possibly used by the "gatherer" at the entrance to the theatres, who collected the admission money. There is disagreement, however, around whether the term originates from this time, as the objects could have been carried by the many snack-sellers attending the audiences; they too needed a convenient and secure way to collect their customers' cash. There is no record of the term being used until the eighteenth century.<ref><ul class="references">
Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |last1=Coker |first1=Ollie |title=What do we know about Tudor & Stuart money pots? |url=https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/tudor-stuart-money-pots |publisher=[[Museum of London]] |access-date=26 May 2024|quotation=[…]remnants of the landscape of theatres […] One with coins still inside.}}
*{{cite book |last1=Hendrickson |first1=Robert |title=The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins |date=1997 |publisher=[[Facts on File]] |location=New York |isbn=0-8160-3266-1 |page=96}}
*{{cite web |last1=Appleton |first1=Stephanie |title=Shakespeare in 100 Objects: Money Pot |url=https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/blogs/shakespeare-100-objects-money-pot/ |publisher=[[Shakespeare Birthplace Trust]] |access-date=26 May 2024 |date=3 May 2013}}
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The term "box office" was being used from at least 1741, deriving from the office from which tickets for [[Box (theatre)|theatre boxes]] were sold (although the use of "box" for a private section from which to watch the play was in use in 1609); this is the derivation favoured by the [[Oxford English Dictionary]].<ref>{{Cite OED|box office}}</ref>