Specifically, how could I say 20 tickets have been "sold" when I am referring to free tickets?
I've considered given out or given away, but neither implies a person asking for a ticket and being given one.
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2Probably distributed would do - or look at it from the other side of the transaction, and say they were taken up. – FumbleFingers Mar 13 '13 at 16:45
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If you want to focus on the fact that people requested the tickets, you might reword your sentence to say that "We fulfilled requests for 20 tickets." – Carolyn Mar 13 '13 at 22:25
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I like FumbleFingers' "distributed" but "issued" would also work if you are referring to the tickets that have been requested.
answered Mar 13 '13 at 17:49
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I might say, “How many tickets have been comped?” (Comp is a commonly-used abbreviated form of complimentary.) Cheapies and freebies are nouns used for such tickets, but I don't know of verb forms using those words. Note, the phrase bums on seats in the valleyadvocate link above refers to fannies in seats, not hobos.
answered Mar 13 '13 at 17:35
