TICKET | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

early 16th century (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette

a piece of paper or card that gives the holder a certain right, especially to enter a place, travel by public transport, or participate in an event

piece of paper or card that gives holder certain rightt

• admission is by ticket only

a certificate or warrant.

certificate or warrant

a label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details.

label attached to retail product, giving its details

a list of candidates put forward by a party in an election

list of candidates put forward by party in election

• his presence on the Republican ticket

the desirable or correct thing

desirable or correct thing

• a wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden

a person of a specified kind

person of specified kind

• I think you're all a bunch of sick tickets

issue (someone) with an official notice of a traffic offence

issue someone with official notice of traffic offence

• park illegally and you are likely to be ticketed

(of a passenger) be issued with a travel ticket

be issued with travel ticket

• passengers can now get electronically ticketed

(of a retail product) be marked with a label giving its price, size, and other details

(of retail product) be marked with label giving its details

• the sports jacket had been ticketed at two hundred dollars