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ticket
[ tik-it ]
noun
- a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like:
a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
- a summons issued for a traffic or parking violation.
- a written or printed slip of paper, cardboard, etc., affixed to something to indicate its nature, price, or the like; label or tag.
- a slate of candidates nominated by a particular party or faction and running together in an election.
- the license of a ship's officer or of an aviation pilot.
- Banking. a preliminary recording of transactions prior to their entry in more permanent books of account.
- Informal. the proper or advisable thing:
That's the ticket! Warm milk and toast is just the ticket for you.
- Archaic. a placard.
- Obsolete. a short note, notice, or memorandum.
verb (used with object)
- to attach a ticket to; distinguish by means of a ticket; label.
- to furnish with a ticket, as on the railroad.
- to serve with a summons for a traffic or parking violation.
- to attach such a summons to:
to ticket illegally parked cars.
ticket
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
- a piece of paper, cardboard, etc, showing that the holder is entitled to certain rights, such as travel on a train or bus, entry to a place of public entertainment, etc
- modifier concerned with or relating to the issue, sale, or checking of tickets
a ticket office
ticket collector
- a piece of card, cloth, etc, attached to an article showing information such as its price, size, or washing instructions
- a summons served for a parking offence or violation of traffic regulations
- informal.the certificate of competence issued to a ship's captain or an aircraft pilot
- the group of candidates nominated by one party in an election; slate
- the declared policy of a political party at an election
- informal.a certificate of discharge from the armed forces
- informal.the right or appropriate thing
that's the ticket
- have tickets on oneself or have got tickets on oneself informal.to be conceited
verb
- to issue or attach a ticket or tickets to
- informal.to earmark for a particular purpose
Derived Forms
- ˈپپԲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- پij· adjective
- ·پij verb (used with object)
- ܲ·پij· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ticket1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ticket1
Idioms and Phrases
- have tickets on oneself, Australian Slang. to be conceited.
More idioms and phrases containing ticket
see just the ticket ; meal ticket ; split ticket ; straight ticket ; write one's own ticket .Example Sentences
“I own this. I’m part of the ticket, and somebody has to come up with a strategy.”
It was where his mother first bought him a ticket in 2005.
This is Trump country - the Republican ticket easily won here in November's presidential election by a margin of almost two-to-one.
Those members get movie tickets and other perks.
I much prefer being congratulated after a horse won a race, not than when you’re signing a ticket at the sale.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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