Ticket Definition
tĭkĭt
ticketed, ticketing, tickets
noun
tickets
Any note, memorandum, voucher, etc.
Webster's New World
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.
Webster's New World
An e-ticket.
American Heritage
A certifying document, especially a captain's or pilot's license.
American Heritage
A license or qualifying certificate.
A second mate's ticket.
Webster's New World
verb
ticketed, ticketing, tickets
To label or tag with a ticket.
Webster's New World
To provide a ticket or tickets for.
Webster's New World
To issue or attach a ticket to.
Webster's New World
To designate for a specified use or end; destine.
Funds that have been ticketed for research.
American Heritage
To serve (a person) with a notice of legal violation.
Ticket a speeding motorist.
American Heritage
idiom
just the ticket
- fitting; proper; just right
Webster's New World
that's the ticket!
- a phrase used to express enthusiastic approval
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Ticket
Noun
Singular:
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ticketsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Ticket
Origin of Ticket
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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
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From Old French estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.
From Wiktionary
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