ticket
ticket definition
ticket (tik′it)
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
Etymology: 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
ticket Idioms
that's the ticket!
Slang that's the correct or proper thing!that's right!
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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