ticket /tikˈit/

1. A card, slip, or (formerly) placard bearing a notice or serving as a token of any right or debt, eg for admission, travel by public transport, penalty for some offence (esp motoring), etc
2. A tag or label, esp one showing the price, size, etc of the item to which it is attached
3. A certificate (slang)
4. Discharge from the army (slang)
5. A licence or permit, esp one allowing work as a ship's master or pilot (informal)
6. A list of candidates put forward by a party for election (N American)
7. Any or all of the principles associated with a particular political party, esp as a basis for its election to government (N American)
8. A visiting card (obsolete)

1. To label, to designate for a particular use
2. To issue a ticket to

tickˈetless adjective

ticket agent noun

An agent who sells tickets on behalf of a theatre, or a railway, etc

ticket collector noun

ticket day noun

The day before settling-day on the Stock Exchange, when notes of transactions completed are received

tickˈet-holder noun

A person possessing a ticket, eg for a concert or other event

ticket office noun

A place where tickets are sold

ticket of leave noun

Formerly, a licence to leave prison before expiry of sentence, but with certain restrictions on one

ticket-of-leave man noun

ticket porter noun

1. A licensed porter
2. A railway porter who collects tickets

ticket punch noun

An instrument for punching holes in tickets

ticket tout see under tout¹

ticket writer noun

An expert in lettering who writes placards for shop windows, etc

tickˈet-writing noun

be tickets (S Afr sl)

To be the end

have tickets on oneself (Aust and NZ slang)

To be conceited

straight ticket

All the nominees of a political party, and no others

that's (just) the ticket (informal)

That's exactly the right thing or the thing to be done

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