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ticket
[ tik-it ]
noun
- a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like:
a railroad ticket; a theater ticket.
- a summons issued for a traffic or parking violation.
- a written or printed slip of paper, cardboard, etc., affixed to something to indicate its nature, price, or the like; label or tag.
- a slate of candidates nominated by a particular party or faction and running together in an election.
- the license of a ship's officer or of an aviation pilot.
- Banking. a preliminary recording of transactions prior to their entry in more permanent books of account.
- Informal. the proper or advisable thing:
That's the ticket! Warm milk and toast is just the ticket for you.
- Archaic. a placard.
- Obsolete. a short note, notice, or memorandum.
verb (used with object)
- to attach a ticket to; distinguish by means of a ticket; label.
- to furnish with a ticket, as on the railroad.
- to serve with a summons for a traffic or parking violation.
- to attach such a summons to:
to ticket illegally parked cars.
ticket
/ ˈ³Ùɪ°ìɪ³Ù /
noun
- a piece of paper, cardboard, etc, showing that the holder is entitled to certain rights, such as travel on a train or bus, entry to a place of public entertainment, etc
- modifier concerned with or relating to the issue, sale, or checking of tickets
a ticket office
ticket collector
- a piece of card, cloth, etc, attached to an article showing information such as its price, size, or washing instructions
- a summons served for a parking offence or violation of traffic regulations
- informal.the certificate of competence issued to a ship's captain or an aircraft pilot
- the group of candidates nominated by one party in an election; slate
- the declared policy of a political party at an election
- informal.a certificate of discharge from the armed forces
- informal.the right or appropriate thing
that's the ticket
- have tickets on oneself or have got tickets on oneself informal.to be conceited
verb
- to issue or attach a ticket or tickets to
- informal.to earmark for a particular purpose
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù¾±³¦°ì±ð³Ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù¾±³¦°ìijÙ·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- °ù±ð·³Ù¾±³¦°ìij٠verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·³Ù¾±³¦°ìijÙ·±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ticket1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ticket1
Idioms and Phrases
- have tickets on oneself, Australian Slang. to be conceited.
More idioms and phrases containing ticket
see just the ticket ; meal ticket ; split ticket ; straight ticket ; write one's own ticket .Example Sentences
Those members get movie tickets and other perks.
I much prefer being congratulated after a horse won a race, not than when you’re signing a ticket at the sale.â€
A bigger concern for the UK football industry will be consumers having less money to spend on tickets and TV subscriptions if fears of a recession come to pass.
Thousands of fans have watched action on a big screen from the grass slope which is open to supporters without show-court tickets.
Now, the Sheriff’s Office is warning of a new risk at this weekend’s upcoming festival: ticket scams targeting college students.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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