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The definition of a ticket is a printed piece of paper that gives someone the right to do or enter something, or a printed piece of paper citing a violation, or a list of candidates of a political party.

(noun)

An example of a ticket is a small piece of paper for movie admission.
An example of a ticket is a piece of paper given by the police officer to the driver citing a fine for speeding.
An example of a ticket is the two people selected by the Republican Party to run for President and Vice President in the national election.

Ticket is defined as to label or provide with a piece of paper citing a violation or allowing for someone to do something.

(verb)

An example of ticket is for a police officer to cite someone for speeding.

See ticket in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Obsolete any note, memorandum, voucher, etc.
a printed card or piece of paper that gives a person a specified right, as to attend a theater, ride on a train, claim a purchase, etc.
a license or certificate, as of a ship's captain or an airplane pilot
a label or tag, as on a piece of merchandise, giving the size, color, price, quantity, etc.
☆ the list of candidates nominated by a political party in an election; slate
☆ Informal a summons to court for a traffic violation

Origin: aphetic < obs. Fr etiquet (now étiquette)

transitive verb

to label or tag with a ticket
to provide a ticket or tickets for
☆ Informal to issue or attach a ticket () to

See ticket in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration: a theater ticket; an airline ticket.
b. An e-ticket.
A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.
A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.
A legal summons, especially for a traffic violation.
The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
Informal A means to an end: “He went to Washington … to become press secretary … it was his ticket out of the Delta” (Nicholas Lamann).

transitive verb tick·et·ed, tick·et·ing, tick·ets

To provide with a ticket for passage or admission: ticket all passengers through to Amsterdam.
To attach a ticket to; tag. See Synonyms at mark¹.
To designate for a specified use or end; destine: funds that have been ticketed for medical research.
To serve (an offender) with a legal summons: ticket a speeding motorist.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French etiquet, label, note

Origin: , from Old French estiquet, post serving as a target in certain sports, notice, label

Origin: , from estiquier, to stick

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see steig- in Indo-European roots

Word History: The resemblance in form between the words ticket and etiquette is not accidental; both have the same ultimate source, Old French estiquet. But because these words were borrowed into English at different times, they came into our language with different meanings. Old French estiquet meant “a note, label.” Having been changed in form to etiquet in French, the word was adopted into English in the 16th century in a form without the initial e, tiket (first recorded in 1528). The earliest uses of the word in English were in the senses “a short written notice,” “a notice posted in a public place,” and “a written certification.” The word is first recorded with reference to something like a ticket of admission in 1673. In French, meanwhile, the word (in the form étiquette) came in the 18th century to mean “a ceremonial, a book in which court ceremonies were noted down or labeled.” The French word was borrowed again into English, this time in the form etiquette, which is first recorded in 1750.

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