Definitions for ticket

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ticket tick·et

Spelling: [tik-it]

IPA: /ˈtɪk ɪt/

Ticket is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in ticket (ceiktt).

Definitions for ticket

noun

1. a slip, usually of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service, right, or the like:
2. a summons issued for a traffic or parking violation.
3. a written or printed slip of paper, cardboard, etc., affixed to something to indicate its nature, price, or the like; label or tag.
4. a slate of candidates nominated by a particular party or faction and running together in an election.
5. the license of a ship's officer or of an aviation pilot.
6. Banking. a preliminary recording of transactions prior to their entry in more permanent books of account.
7. Informal. the proper or advisable thing:
8. Archaic. a placard.
9. Obsolete. a short note, notice, or memorandum.

Idioms

1. have tickets on oneself, Australian Slang. to be conceited.

verb (used with object)

1. to attach a ticket to; distinguish by means of a ticket; label.
2. to furnish with a ticket, as on the railroad.
3. to serve with a summons for a traffic or parking violation.
4. to attach such a summons to:

Origin of ticket

1520-30; 1925-30 for def 4; earlier tiket Middle French etiquet memorandum. See etiquette

Examples for ticket

Farrell issued a ticket to an 18-year-old shipyard worker for speeding and an improper exhaust mechanism, according to the TP.

One area that would immediately benefit is revenue from ticket sales.

If you miss any meals, your ticket is good until it is punched.

According to a ticket seller who spoke to The Guardian, the site still receives only 10 visitors a day, on average.

What if he should get into a train without a ticket, or send a guard to procure one for him?

It was five minutes to four when she purchased her ticket to New York.

Everything you need to know about the U.S.-Cuba thaw, from the details of the deal to when you can book your ticket to Havana.

On Oct. 7, I bought my ticket to Kiev 45 minutes before my flight.

He breakfasted at Mrs. McKee's, and was initiated into the mystery of the ticket punch.

Of course, he was going, but the perplexing thing was, what to do with that other ticket.