ticket

[ tik-it ]

/ ˈtɪk ɪt /

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.

Idioms for ticket

have tickets on oneself, Australian Slang. to be conceited.

Origin of ticket

1520–30; 1925–30 for def 4; earlier tiket < Middle French etiquet memorandum. See etiquette

OTHER WORDS FROM ticket

tick·et·less, adjective re·tick·et, verb (used with object) un·tick·et·ed, adjective

Words nearby ticket

ticked, tickell, ticker, ticker tape, ticker-tape parade, ticket, ticket agency, ticket agent, ticket day, ticket of leave, ticket office

Example sentences from the Web for tickets

Tickets go on sale to the public January 15; check back then for a link and an early peek at the inspiring lineup of speakers.

Save the Date: Women in the World 2015 | |December 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Literally, 72% of our tour income came from the tickets you bought.

How Much Money Does a Band Really Make on Tour? |Jack Conte |December 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
With over 200 performances a year, the Met needs to sell 4,000 tickets to each of them in order to sell out.

Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year |Shawn E. Milnes |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.

I Want My Damn Hoverboard! 12 Movie Inventions That Should Exist |Rich Goldstein |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Tickets for Women in the World Texas are on sale now at Ticketmaster and at the Charline McCombs Empire Theatre box office.

Here’s the Program for Women in the World Texas! | |October 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Their tickets admit the possessors to all parts of the house, but they are not transferable.

The Royal Institution |Bence Jones
He attended all the lectures to which foreign exiles sent me tickets begging me to come for the love of Heaven and of Bohemia.

If, Yes and Perhaps |Edward Everett Hale
Stationed on either side of the stage, they received the tickets.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field
Of course the grateful young lady sent my mother some tickets of admission, and two of them I reserved for Tommy Dott and myself.

Percival Keene |Frederick Marryat
Also an outfit of tickets and uniform with which to play ticket-agent.

Seeing Things at Night |Heywood Broun

British Dictionary definitions for tickets (1 of 2)

tickets

/ (ˈtɪkɪts) /

pl n

Southern African informal the end; that was it

Word Origin for tickets

of unknown origin

British Dictionary definitions for tickets (2 of 2)

ticket

/ (ˈtɪkɪt) /

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 ticketsa 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

mainly US and NZ the group of candidates nominated by one party in an election; slate

mainly US the declared policy of a political party at an election

British 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 Australian informal to be conceited

verb -ets, -eting or -eted (tr)

to issue or attach a ticket or tickets to

informal to earmark for a particular purpose

Derived forms of ticket

ticketing, noun

Word Origin for ticket

C17: from Old French etiquet, from estiquier to stick on, from Middle Dutch steken to stick ²

Idioms and Phrases with tickets

ticket

see just the ticket; meal ticket; split ticket; straight ticket; write one's own ticket.

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noun

verb -ets, -eting or -eted (tr)

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