Definition of ticket
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a
: 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
2
: a summons or warning issued to a traffic-law violator
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
ticket
verb
ticketed; ticketing; tickets
Definition of ticket (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: to furnish or serve with a ticket
ticketed for illegal parking
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The first known use of ticket was in 1529
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