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.

2. ticket(Noun)

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

3. ticket(Noun)

   A citation for a traffic violation.

4. ticket(Noun)

   A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.

5. ticket(Noun)

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

6. ticket(Noun)

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

7. ticket(Noun)

   A solution to a problem; something that is needed.

8. ticket(Verb)

   To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.

Origin: 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.

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

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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. Tom Eberhardt:

   There's no return ticket if you run away.

2. Jeff Weaver:

   If she needs a ticket, have her give me a call.

3. Caroline Vandergriff/KOKH -RRB- Hoffman:

   I was hoping I wouldn’t get a speeding ticket.

4. Yevgeny Strugov:

   They were trying to accuse me of forging my ticket.

5. England Chancellor George Osborne:

   Leaving the EU is a one-way ticket to a poorer Britain.

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