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Ticket
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- 1 A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
"I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?"
- 2 the appropriate or desirable thing wordnet
- 3 A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
"train ticket bus ticket plane ticket"
- 4 a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices wordnet
- 5 A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
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- 6 a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) wordnet
- 7 A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
"lottery ticket raffle ticket"
- 8 a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) wordnet
- 9 A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
"The variety of the demands of the railways for staff is almost endless. They require men with master's tickets as dock masters and to command their steamships."
- 10 a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. wordnet
- 11 A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something. figuratively
"That's the ticket."
- 12 A citation for a traffic violation.
- 13 A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
""Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog.""
- 14 A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto. informal
"Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections."
- 15 A small note or notice. dated
"He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors."
- 16 A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick). dated
"Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets / On ticket for his mistress."
- 17 A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- 18 A visiting card. dated
"I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited."
- 19 A warrant. slang
"[…] I need a ticket, Bobby.” Agnor knew a ticket meant a search warrant."
- 1 To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
- 2 provide with a ticket for passage or admission wordnet
- 3 To mark with a ticket.
"to ticket goods in a retail store"
- 4 record a fine as a penalty in a police record wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
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