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ticket Definition

ticket (tik′it)

noun

  1. Obsolete any note, memorandum, voucher, etc.
  2. 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.
  3. a license or certificate, as of a ship's captain or an airplane pilot
  4. a label or tag, as on a piece of merchandise, giving the size, color, price, quantity, etc.
  5. ☆ the list of candidates nominated by a political party in an election; slate
  6. ☆ Informal a summons to court for a traffic violation

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

transitive verb

  1. to label or tag with a ticket
  2. to provide a ticket or tickets for
  3. ☆ 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!

ticket Synonyms

ticket

n.

  1. A valid token

    check, certificate, notice, badge, label, voucher, stub, countercheck, rain-check, docket, tag, slip, note, card, pass, receipt, record, license, permit, passage, credential, visa, passport, document, paper*, Annie Oakley*. *

  2. Candidates representing a political party

    party list, party slate, choice, schedule, ballot, machine*, line-up*, ring*, combine*; see also candidate, faction 1, party 3.

that's the ticket*

that's correct, that's right, truly; see surely.

ticket Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • buy: Click here to buy tickets for Still Remain's UK tour Click here to go to the Radio 1 Rock Show site.
  • purchase: In either instance we will not be liable for any additional costs incurred in having to purchase new tickets at a higher fare.
  • sell: Start a contest for whoever gets the most pledges or sells the most tickets.

Adjective modifier

  • complimentary: The actual audience achieved was 2,585 ( including complimentary tickets ), or 54 per cent.
  • discounted: Currently one in three business travelers ( 33 % ) choose discounted tickets compared to 21 % who choose fully flexible.
  • one-way: They could also be a one-way ticket to the divorce courts.
  • speeding: He said: " The letter was a speeding ticket.
  • valid: London ), rather to enforce valid tickets than to exclude criminals.
  • winning: Richard Foss, Father Christmas draws the winning raffle ticket at Christmas Festival of Local Foods.

Modifies a noun

  • holder: Season ticket holders will receive a priority booking period for tickets.
  • hotline: Readers will be requested to quote the publication title when they phone up the ticket hotline number on 0870 060 0246.
  • price: Ticket prices: 2 nights camping: £ 12 per unit.
  • sale: Box office increase 33 % rise in ticket sales over the past season.
  • office: For more information, call the ticket office on 0870 444 1902.

Noun used with modifier

  • season: Season ticket holders will receive a priority booking period for tickets.
  • raffle: Don't forget to buy your raffle tickets for a camera, worth £ 50.
  • airline: Quick online search for discount airline tickets with the lowest airfares to.. .
  • lottery: I buy the odd lottery ticket and that is about as far as my gambling goes.
  • parking: The " clever trick " to cancel parking tickets was eagerly read.
  • concert: How can I buy concert tickets for major events in Leicestershire?