Definition of Ticket

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ticket
n. certificate, entry pass; printed card or paper which indicates that the holder has paid a fare (such as: train ticket, bus ticket); tag
v. label; fine, give a traffic ticket; provide with a ticket (such as: flight ticket, admission, etc.); destine, set apart for a particular purpose

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Ticket Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Ticket
An abbreviated form of order ticket.


Ticket Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ticket
(v.)
A tradesman's bill or account.
  
(v.)
A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.
  
(v.)
A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.
  
(v.)
A little note or notice.
  
(v.)
A label to show the character or price of goods.
  
(v.)
A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.
  
(v.)
A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.
  
(v. t.)
To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California.
  
(v. t.)
To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.
  

WordNet 2.0
ticket

Noun
1. a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
(hypernym) commercial document, commercial instrument
(hyponym) commutation ticket, season ticket
2. a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
(hypernym) summons, process
(hyponym) speeding ticket
(derivation) fine
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
(synonym) slate
(hypernym) list, listing
4. the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family"
(synonym) just the ticket
(hypernym) appropriateness

Verb
1. issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
(synonym) fine
(hypernym) book
(hyponym) amerce
2. provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish

Australian Slang
Have tickets on oneself
to think about oneself that he is the greatest; to be highly self opinionated

Meal ticket
any means or source of financial support, as a pimp's prostitute, a spouse, a university degree, etc.


Meat ticket
identity disc, especially those worn by members of the armed forces


Packapoo ticket
1) smth. messy; 2) toilet paper

Poo tickets
toilet paper

Walking ticket
laying off from one's job

hEnglish - advanced version
ticket

ticket
\tick"et\ (?), n. [f. étiquette a label, ticket, fr. of. estiquette, or of. etiquet, estiquet; both of teutonic origin, and akin to e. stick. see stick, n. & v., and cf. etiquette, tick credit.] a small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something. specifically: (a) a little note or notice. [obs. or local] 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. (b) a tradesman's bill or account. [obs.]
note: hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. see 1st tick. your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets on ticket for his mistress. cotgrave. (c) a certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket. (d) a label to show the character or price of goods. (e) a certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like. (f) (politics) a printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot. [u. s.] the old ticket forever! we have it by thirty-four votes. --sarah franklin (1766).


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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
ticket
ticéad m., tuicéad m.; billéad m.
ticket collector: bailitheoir ticéad
ticket office: oifig ticéad

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Cwtysyn
Cwtysyn = n. a lot, a ticket

Tocyn
Tocyn = n. a short piece; a ticket

Tocynu
Tocynu = v. to ticket, to draw lots


Ticket Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries

maritime&shipping&trade
Ticket
Colloquial name for a "Certificate of Competency". Generally looked upon as a disparaging name but, etymologically speaking, is perfectly appropriate.


Ticket Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

A Basic Guide to ASL
Ticket (baggage claim)
The sides of the ticket are outlined with the thumb and index finger of each hand. Then the middle knuckles of the second and third fingers of the right hand squeeze the outer edge of the left palm, as a conductor's ticket punch.


Ticket Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

gambling
Ticket
(keno): is the paper you use to mark the numbers you select and the amount you bet on a game.


Ticket Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries

Amateur Radio Glossary
ticket
an amateur radio license


Ticket Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Ticket
Ticket may refer to:
  • Ticket (admission), a card or slip of paper used to gain admission to a location or event
  • Ticket (election), a single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat
  • Ticket (receipt), a card or slip of paper that designates one's position in a queue or ownership of an item to be picked up
  • Ticket (notification), a notice of commission of a legal infraction
  • Ticket (IT support), a file documenting a reported problem and the steps taken to resolve it
  • Ticket (IT security), a number generated by a network server as a means of authentication
  • Ticket cases, a series of cases in contract law
  • Airline ticket, a document created by an airline or a travel agent to confirm that an individual has purchased a seat on an airplane.
  • Electronic ticket, an electronic form of Airline ticket.
  • Coach ticket, a document created by a coach operator or a travel agent to confirm that an individual has purchased a seat on a coach.
  • Traffic ticket

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