Definition of TICKET

ticket

Plural: tickets

Noun

  • a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
  • a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
  • a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
  • a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
  • the appropriate or desirable thing
    • "this car could be just the ticket for a small family"
  • A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
  • A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
  • A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
  • A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
  • A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
  • A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
  • A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
  • A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
  • A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
  • A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
  • A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
  • A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
  • A citation for a traffic violation.
  • A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
  • A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
  • A little note or notice.
  • A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
  • A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
  • A visiting card.
  • A warrant.

Verb

  • issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
    • "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!"
  • provide with a ticket for passage or admission
    • "Ticketed passengers can board now"
  • To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
  • To mark with a ticket.

Examples

  • "I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom."
  • "I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?"
  • "If I'd used my usual numbers, it would've been a winning ticket! Unlucky!"
  • "Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections."
  • "Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket."
  • "lottery ticket   raffle ticket"
  • "That's the ticket."
  • "train ticket   bus ticket   plane ticket"
  • "You must show your ticket to the conductor."

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ticket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.

Synonyms

fine, just the ticket, license, slate, tag

Scrabble Score: 12

ticket is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ticket is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ticket is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

ticket is a valid Words With Friends word