What does ticket mean?
Definitions for ticket
ˈtɪk ɪttick·et
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ticket.
Princeton's WordNet
ticketnoun
a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
tag, ticketnoun
a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
ticketnoun
a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
slate, ticketnoun
a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
ticket, just the ticketverb
the appropriate or desirable thing
"this car could be just the ticket for a small family"
ticket, fineverb
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!"
ticketverb
provide with a ticket for passage or admission
"Ticketed passengers can board now"
Wiktionary
ticketnoun
A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
ticketnoun
A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
ticketnoun
A citation for a traffic violation.
ticketnoun
A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
ticketnoun
A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally Internet Service Provider related).
ticketnoun
A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
ticketnoun
A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
ticketverb
To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ticketnoun
A token of any right or debt upon the delivery of which admission is granted, or a claim acknowledged.
Etymology: etiquet, Fr.
There should be a paymaster appointed, of special trust, which should pay every man according to his captain’s ticket, and the account of the clerk of his band. Edmund Spenser.
In a lottery with one prize, a single ticket is only enriched, and the rest are all blanks. Jeremy Collier, on Envy.
Let fops or fortune fly which way they will,
Disdains all loss of tickets or codille. Alexander Pope.
Webster Dictionary
Ticket
a small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something
Ticket
a little note or notice
Ticket
a tradesman's bill or account
Ticket
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
Ticket
a label to show the character or price of goods
Ticket
a certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like
Ticket
a printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot
Ticketverb
to distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods
Ticketverb
to furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ticket
tik′et, n. a marked card: a token of any right or debt, as for admission, &c.: a list of candidates put forward by a party for election: (obs.) a visiting-card.—v.t. to mark by a ticket.—ns. Tick′et-day, the day before settling day on the Stock Exchange; Tick′et-of-leave, a license to be at large, granted to a convict for good conduct; Tick′et-por′ter, a licensed porter wearing a badge or ticket; Cou′pon-tick′et (see Coupon); Straight′-ticket, a ticket bearing the names of the nominees of a political party, and them only.—Season ticket, a ticket entitling the holder to admission to lectures, &c., or to travel between certain places on a line of railway, for a certain specified period; The ticket, the correct thing. [Short for O. Fr. etiquet, a label, from Teut.; Ger. stecken, to stick.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
ticket
An official warrant of discharge, so that a heavy penalty attaches to the loss of any of the blank ones in the captain's charge. It is always used in counterparts, which are ordered to be perfect duplicates of each other.
Editors Contribution
ticket
Authority for a specific service in a paperless form.
Paperless tickets can be delivered via m-tickets and other forms.
Submitted by MaryC on March 6, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ticket' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4566
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ticket' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2217
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ticket' in Nouns Frequency: #956
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ticket in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ticket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of ticket in a Sentence
President Trump will be campaigning aggressively throughout the midterms to ensure the MAGA ticket sweeps on Election Day, this includes providing a platform for candidates at President Trump massive Save America rallies and appearing in campaign commercials and fundraising solicitations.
If Bernie Sanders is on the ticket then it's the same as if General Grant was invading the Palmetto State.
I went to play golf the next day and the guys in the clubhouse were talking about the jackpot-winning ticket someone bought at a Valero on Route 302, and I thought, wait a minute I bought a ticket there last night!
In May you made it seem like the vaccine was the ticket to losing the mask forever.
They were posted on doors and ticket windows. I took the picture and tweeted about it because I like for students to see how class material applies to the real world and daily life.
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Translations for ticket
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- kaartjieAfrikaans
- تذكرةArabic
- biletAzerbaijani
- біле́тBelarusian
- биле́тBulgarian
- টিকেটBengali
- lístek, vstupenkaCzech
- bøde, billetDanish
- Eintrittskarte, Billett, Ticket, Fahrschein, Karte, Fahrausweis, Strafzettel, Schein, Billet, FahrkarteGerman
- εισιτήριοGreek
- biletoEsperanto
- parte, multa, entrada, pasaje, billeteSpanish
- piletEstonian
- بلیط, بلیتPersian
- lippu, matkalippu, lista, sakkolappu, pääsylippu, kirjoittaa, sakottaaFinnish
- atgongumerki, ferðaseðil, bótFaroese
- ticket, contravention, amende, billet, pruneFrench
- ticéad, ticéad páirceálaIrish
- tiogaidScottish Gaelic
- כרטיסייה, כרטיסHebrew
- टिकटHindi
- jegyHungarian
- տոմսArmenian
- tiketIndonesian
- farmiðiIcelandic
- bigliettoItalian
- 切符, 違反切符, 券, チケット, 切符を切るJapanese
- ბილეთიGeorgian
- билетKazakh
- bilettiKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- សំបុត្រKhmer
- 티켓, 표Korean
- билетKyrgyz
- BilljeeLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຕົວLao
- bilietasLithuanian
- biļeteLatvian
- ка́рта, биле́т, казна, [[издава]] [[билет]]/[[карта]], казнуваMacedonian
- тасалбар, билетMongolian
- tiketMalay
- biljettMaltese
- လက်မှတ်Burmese
- førerkortNorwegian
- bekeuring, kaartje, ticketDutch
- bot, billettNorwegian
- mandat, licencja, lista wyborcza, bilet, [[punkt]] [[programu]] [[wyborczego]]Polish
- passagem, multa, bilhete, ingressoPortuguese
- cupon de amendă, bilet, amendă, amendare contravenționalăRomanian
- биле́т, квита́нция, купо́н, обилетитьRussian
- улазница, ulaznicaSerbo-Croatian
- vstupenka, lístokSlovak
- vstopnica, vozovnicaSlovene
- biletëAlbanian
- biljett, botSwedish
- билетTajik
- ตั๋วThai
- biletTurkmen
- biletTurkish
- біле́т, квито́кUkrainian
- ٹکٹUrdu
- biletUzbek
- véVietnamese
- בילעטYiddish
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