ticket

1 a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance) only people with tickets will be allowed past the front gates Synonyms check, coupon, pass, pasteboard Related Words certificate, note, token, voucher

2 a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it the price on the ticket is $20 more than the advertised price Synonyms marker, tag, labelRelated Words caption, legend; brand, emblem, hallmark, logo, mark, symbol, trademark; badge, decal, plaque, seal, stamp, sticker

3 the means or right of entering or participating in people to whom a green card represents a ticket to a better life Synonyms access, accession, admission, admittance, door, doorway, entrée (or entree), entry, gateway, ingress, key, passport, entranceRelated Words approval, authorization, certification, permission, qualification; open door, welcome matNear Antonyms discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal

4 something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal that entry-level job could be her ticket to a career in big-time advertising Synonyms gateway, key, open sesame, secret, passportRelated Words password; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph; approach, manner, means, method, style, system, technique, way; blueprint, design, ground plan, plan, program, scheme, strategy

to attach an identifying slip to the attendant quickly ticketed my coat and handed the claim stub back to me Synonyms mark, tag, labelRelated Words caption, earmark, hallmark, stamp; call, designate, identify, name, tab; entitle, style, term, title; brand, stigmatize