big-ticket

adjective

big-tick·​et ˈbig-ˈti-kət 

1

: having a high price

the car was a big-ticket item

2

: having great importance or prominence : major

The founders had hoped to address three big-ticket issues: the environment, nuclear weapons, and Middle East peace.

—David Corn

Synonyms of big-ticket

• expensive
• valuable
• costly
• premium

Examples of big-ticket in a Sentence

with the tough economy, fewer people are likely to be making big-ticket purchases

Recent Examples on the Web

For big-ticket purchases, consumers notice. —Matt Klink, Daily News, 14 May 2026

The big-ticket item would be seeking Beijing’s approval for Chinese customers to buy Nvidia’s advanced H200 AI chips. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 May 2026

Memorial Day weekend is one of the biggest shopping events of the year and the perfect time to score some major deals on big-ticket purchases and summer essentials. —ABC News, 12 May 2026

Maybe the winners bought tickets in bulk or played only the games where the big-ticket prizes remain unclaimed. —Jack Jankowski, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for big-ticket

• chicot
• cricket
• picket
• picot
• thicket
• ticket
• wicket