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ticket

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪk.ɪt/

The English word “ticket” has 16 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
  2. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
  3. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
  4. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
  5. A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
  6. A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
  7. A citation for a traffic violation.
  8. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
  9. A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
  10. A small note or notice.
  11. A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
  12. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
  13. A visiting card.
  14. A warrant.

verb

  1. To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
  2. To mark with a ticket.

Etymology

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,…

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