the ticket

noun

informal + somewhat old-fashioned

: the correct or most desirable thing : the thing that is needed or wanted

Compromise, now that's the ticket.

—often used in the phrase just the ticket

For a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.

Examples of the ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Single-game buyers who purchased through the Hurricanes’ ticket office may contact the ticket office Monday via phone or email to receive a refund to the original payment method or visit the box office to exchange for a complimentary ticket to any future home game this season. —Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026

The chocolate chip cookie with homemade ice cream is the ticket. —Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026

The law does not address a situation exactly like this one, where the ticket was not sold before the drawing but later bought and signed by someone after the drawing. —Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026

Such a visit could be the ticket to turning down the temperature in a rapidly accelerating sub-regional showdown whose costs will be borne by the sub-region’s approximately 200 million people. —Cameron Hudson, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the ticket

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