ticket

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈtɪkɪt/

Noun

ticket

1. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
2. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
3. A citation for a traffic violation.
4. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
5. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
6. (informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.

   Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections.

   Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.

7. A solution to a problem; something that is needed.

   That's the ticket.

   I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.

8. (dated) A little note or notice.

   • 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.

9. (dated) A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).

   • Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets / On ticket for his mistress.

10. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
11. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
12. (dated) A visiting card.
    • 1878, Mrs. James Mason, All about Edith (page 124)

      I asked for a card, please, and she was quite put about, and said that she didn't require tickets to get in where she visited.

    • 1899, The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading

      "Mr. Gibbs come in just now," said Mrs. Blewett, "and left his ticket over the chimley. There 'tis. I haven't touched it."

Translations

• French: billet
• German: Ticket, Karte, Eintrittskarte, Schein
• Italian: biglietto
• Portuguese: bilhete, ingresso
• Russian: биле́т
• Spanish: entrada

Translations

• French: (for plane, train) billet, (for bus, underground) ticket
• German: Fahrkarte, Fahrschein, Ticket, (Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, obsolete in Germany) Billett, (rare) Billet, Fahrausweis
• Italian: biglietto
• Portuguese: bilhete, passagem
• Russian: биле́т
• Spanish: pasaje, billete, boleto

Translations

• French: contravention, amende, (slang) prune, (Quebec) ticket
• German: Strafzettel, Ticket
• Portuguese: multa
• Russian: квита́нция
• Spanish: parte, multa

Verb

ticket (tickets, present participle ticketing; past and past participle ticketed)

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

   to ticket goods in a retail store

Translations

• Russian: обиле́тить

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