Glossary
Usher Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential usher terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key usher vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in usher training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Accessibility
- Access for people with disabilities.
- ADA seating
- Accessible seating.
- Code of conduct
- Venue rules.
- Crowd control
- Managing crowds.
- Egress
- Exiting.
- Ejection
- Removing a guest.
- Event briefing
- Pre-event meeting.
- Guest experience
- How visitors feel.
- Incident report
- Record of events.
- Lost and found
- Items left behind.
- Radio code
- Short radio phrases.
- Row
- Line of seats.
- Section
- Seating area.
- Ticket scan
- Checking tickets.
- Will call
- Ticket pickup.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Usher practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Usher training.
Browse terms from every career in our career glossary.