Ticket definition
A second mate's ticket.
A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
Funds that have been ticketed for research.
Ticket a speeding motorist.
Ticket all passengers through to Amsterdam.
Items that are ticketed in a pawnshop window.
An example of ticket is for a police officer to cite someone for speeding.
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.
A theater ticket; an airline ticket.
That's the ticket.
I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.
- fitting; proper; just right
- a phrase used to express enthusiastic approval
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Origin of ticket
- Obsolete French etiquet label, note from Old French estiquet post serving as a target in certain sports, notice, label from estiquier to stick of Germanic origin steig- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old French estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.
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