Definitions for ticket
ˈtɪk ɪttick·et

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ticket(noun)

   a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

2. tag, ticket(noun)

   a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

3. ticket(noun)

   a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)

4. slate, ticket(noun)

   a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

5. ticket, just the ticket(verb)

   the appropriate or desirable thing

   "this car could be just the ticket for a small family"

6. ticket, fine(verb)

   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!"

7. ticket(verb)

   provide with a ticket for passage or admission

   "Ticketed passengers can board now"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ticket(Noun)

   A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

2. ticket(Noun)

   A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

3. ticket(Noun)

   A citation for a traffic violation.

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

4. ticket(Noun)

   A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

5. ticket(Noun)

   A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally Internet Service Provider related).

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

6. ticket(Noun)

   A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

7. ticket(Noun)

   A solution to a problem; something that is needed.

   Etymology: From estiquet, also estiquette. More at etiquette.

8. ticket(Verb)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ticket

   a small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something

2. Ticket

   a little note or notice

3. Ticket

   a tradesman's bill or account

4. 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

5. Ticket

   a label to show the character or price of goods

6. Ticket

   a certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like

7. Ticket

   a printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot

8. Ticket(verb)

   to distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods

9. Ticket(verb)

   to furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ticket

   Authority to do 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

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ticket' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4566

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ticket' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2217

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ticket' in Nouns Frequency: #956

How to pronounce ticket?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say ticket in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ticket in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ticket in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ticket in a Sentence

1. Amy Klobuchar:

   Donald Trump's worst nightmare is a candidate who will bring people in from the middle, i think we need someone to head up this ticket that actually brings people with her instead of shutting them out.

2. Sylvester Turner:

   Now, when our police officers and firefighters and others are encountering people who are not wearing masks, we are going to be issuing the necessary warning, please put on your mask on, and failure to do so will cause a citation, a ticket to be given.

3. Henry Schwartz:

   Even if it was just a lotto ticket trade, it's an extreme case of leverage paying off.

4. Michael Anthony Taylor:

   I don’t hold any malice towards the people in the seats next to me. They’d paid for a ticket too, the airline could have put me in a crew seat or moved people around but they did nothing.

5. Joe Manchin:

   It’s not me, if they’re going to adopt a policy up here they think is their winning ticket, I don’t think it’s a winning ticket for me at all.

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