ticket
noun /ˈtɪkɪt/
/ˈtɪkɪt/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea printed piece of paper, or a message or image received on your phone or computer, that gives you the right to travel on a particular bus, train, etc. or to go into a theatre, etc.- a plane/bus/train ticket
- an airline ticket
- a theatre/concert ticket
- ticket for/to something free tickets to the show
- I bought a ticket for the concert.
- I booked a one-way ticket to Montreal.
- Tickets are available from the Arts Centre at £5.00.
- a one-way/return ticket
- a ticket office
- a ticket holder (= a person who has a ticket)
- a ticket machine/collector/inspector
- They raised over £40,000 in ticket sales alone.
- Ticket prices range from $9 for adults to $4.75 for children.
- Tickets can also be purchased by phone.
- (figurative) She hoped that getting this job would finally be her ticket to success.
- by ticket Admission is by ticket only.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and traina1- Concessionary tickets are available at half the standard price.
- He showed the guard his ticket.
- I've got complimentary tickets for the theatre.
- Phone the ticket line on this number.
- Use the coupon below to reserve advance tickets for the exhibition.
- You must hold a valid ticket before boarding the train.
- a first-class rail ticket
- a ticket for Saturday
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- one-way
- single
- return
- …
- buy
- get
- obtain
- …
- be priced
- cost
- go on sale
- …
- agency
- agent
- booth
- …
- by ticket
- ticket for
- ticket to
- …
- a printed piece of paper with a number or numbers on it, that you buy in order to have the chance of winning a prize if the number or numbers are later chosen
- a lottery/raffle ticket
- There are three winning tickets.
- I own a little store that sells lottery tickets.
- Raffle tickets cost just $10.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- winning
- lottery
- raffle
- …
- book
- a label that is attached to something in a shop giving details of its price, size, etc. see also big-ticket
- an official notice that orders you to pay a fine because you have done something illegal while driving or parking your car synonym fine
- a speeding ticket
- The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- parking
- speeding
- traffic
- …
- give somebody
- issue
- get
- …
- ticket for
- [usually singular] (especially North American English) a list of candidates that are supported by a particular political party in an election
- She ran for office on the Democratic ticket.
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2- I generally vote a split ticket.
- I'm voting the straight Republican ticket.
- There are three candidates on the national ticket.
- There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ticket in '64.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- national
- party
- presidential
- …
- run on
- join
- support
- …
- on ticket
- (in information technology) a request for a problem to be fixed that is entered into a system that manages such requests
- Open a ticket with the Help Desk.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette.
Idioms
be tickets
- (South African English, informal) be the end
- It's tickets for the team that loses.
just the ticket
(British English also just the job)
- (informal, approving) exactly what is needed in a particular situation
- That cup of tea was just the ticket.
split the ticket
- (US English, politics) to vote for candidates from more than one party
that’s the ticket
- (old-fashioned, informal) used to say that something is just what is needed or that everything is just right
- Are we all packed and ready to go? That’s the ticket.