Ticket meaning
(informal) A license or qualifying certificate.
A second mate's ticket.
noun
A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
noun
The proper or desirable thing.
A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.
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(informal) A means to an end.
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To provide with a ticket for passage or admission.
Ticket all passengers through to Amsterdam.
verb
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To attach a ticket to; tag.
Items that are ticketed in a pawnshop window.
verb
To designate for a specified use or end; destine.
Funds that have been ticketed for research.
verb
To serve (a person) with a notice of legal violation.
Ticket a speeding motorist.
verb
(obs.) Any note, memorandum, voucher, etc.
noun
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.
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A label or tag, as on a piece of merchandise, giving the size, color, price, quantity, etc.
noun
The list of candidates nominated by a political party in an election; slate.
noun
(informal) A summons to court for a traffic violation.
noun
To label or tag with a ticket.
verb
To provide a ticket or tickets for.
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A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
noun
A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
That's the ticket.
I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.
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(dated) A little note or notice.
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A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
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To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
verb
Ticket is defined as to label or provide with a piece of paper citing a violation or allowing for someone to do something.
An example of ticket is for a police officer to cite someone for speeding.
verb
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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.
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.
noun
An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.
noun
A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.
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A legal notice to a person charged with a violation of law, especially a minor violation.
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just the ticket
- fitting; proper; just right
idiom
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that's the ticket!
- a phrase used to express enthusiastic approval
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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.
From Wiktionary