ticket

¹tick·et

noun \ˈti-kət\

Definition of TICKET

1

a : a document that serves as a certificate, license, or permit; especially : a mariner's or airman's certificate b : tag, label

2

a : a certificate or token showing that a fare or admission fee has been paid b : a means of access or passage <education is the ticket to a good job>

3

: a list of candidates for nomination or election : slate

4

: the correct or desirable thing <cooperation, that's the ticket — K. E. Trombley>

5

: a slip or card recording a transaction or undertaking or giving instructions <a savings deposit ticket>

6

: a summons or warning issued to a traffic-law violator

— tick·et·less \-ləs\ adjective

Examples of TICKET

1. We bought tickets for the opera.
2. I got a ticket for speeding.

Origin of TICKET

Middle French etiquet, estiquette note attached to something indicating its contents, from Middle French dialect (Picard) estiquier to attach, from Middle Dutch steken to stick; akin to Old High German sticken to prick — more at stick

First Known Use: 1529

Related to TICKET

Synonyms: check, coupon, pass, pasteboard

Related Words: certificate, note, token, voucher

Near Antonyms: discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal

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Rhymes with TICKET

cricket, picket, Pickett, pricket, stickit, thicket, wicket