ticket.
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
Meaning & usage
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
train ticket bus ticket plane ticket
You must show your ticket to the conductor.
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
lottery ticket raffle ticket
If I'd used my usual numbers, it would've been a winning ticket! Unlucky!
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability. A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability. A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
That's the ticket.
I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.
A citation for a traffic violation.
A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections.
Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.
A small note or notice.
A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
A visiting card.
A warrant.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
To mark with a ticket.
to ticket goods in a retail store
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
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