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

Point and click — the ticket is in the mail, along with a hefty fine and points on the license. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026

The option could be useful when customers don’t have enough miles for the entire ticket and are looking to shave some cash off the ticket price. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

But even in a crowd of MAGA-hat-toting Republican voters who took a day off school and work to attend a political rally, there was some lingering skepticism about Donalds at the top of the ticket. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

The second time, he was joined by the state highway patrolman who had issued the ticket and by a Catholic priest who had been on the road that night and testified that conditions had been treacherous. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the ticket

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