Definitions for ticket
ˈtɪk ɪttick·et

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

1. ticketnoun

   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, ticketnoun

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

3. ticketnoun

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

4. slate, ticketnoun

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

5. ticket, just the ticketverb

   the appropriate or desirable thing

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

6. 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!"

7. ticketverb

   provide with a ticket for passage or admission

   "Ticketed passengers can board now"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ticketnoun

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

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

2. ticketnoun

   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. ticketnoun

   A citation for a traffic violation.

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

4. ticketnoun

   A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.

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

5. ticketnoun

   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. ticketnoun

   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. ticketnoun

   A solution to a problem; something that is needed.

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

8. 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.

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. Ticketverb

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

9. Ticketverb

   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 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  

Matched Categories

1. • Book
   • Commercial Document
   • Label
   • Law
   • List
   • Provide
   • Summons

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

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Helane Becker:

   Why should airlines cut ticket prices if demand is strong?

2. Andrea Ghez:

   What's so special about S0-2 is we have its complete orbit in three dimensions, that's what gives us the entry ticket into the tests of general relativity. We asked how gravity behaves near a supermassive black hole and whether Einstein's theory is telling us the full story. Seeing stars go through their complete orbit provides the first opportunity to test fundamental physics using the motions of these stars.

3. Keisha Lance Bottoms:

   To have Sen.( Kamala Harris ') Harris join the ticket, and for us to be a part of changing the history of this country, I think really speaks to the legacy of Congressman John Lewis, Joseph Lowery and Dr. C.T. Vivian.

4. Harold Diamond:

   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!

5. Paul Dergarabedian of comScore:

   Jeff Bock, a box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations, declared to Variety. But Ben-Hur isn't the only epic fail. Proving that Americans aren't impressed with much of Hollywood's summer slate, there have been multiple flops, including the Ghostbusters remake, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Star Trek Beyond, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Independence Day: Resurgence, The Legend of Tarzan, Warcraft, X Men: Apocalypse, and the Steven Spielberg directed fantasy, The BFG. Still, as The Wrap just reported, North American ticket sales are up 2.84 percent over 2015 receipts at this time. The films have cumulatively earned an astounding $4.14 billion domestic in figures calculated from 108 days after the first Friday in May until Aug. 22. This summer suffered from the problem of perception versus reality.

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