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ticket

tic·ket

UK/ˈtɪk.ət/ US/ˈtɪk.ɪt/ common informal slang
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)

3.

a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

Synonyms
4.

the appropriate or desirable thing

  • “this car could be just the ticket for a small family”
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verb

1.

issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty

  • “I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street”
  • “Move your car or else you will be ticketed!”
Synonyms
2.

provide with a ticket for passage or admission

  • “Ticketed passengers can board now”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • air ticket
  • airline ticket
  • airplane ticket
  • back to back ticket
  • balance the ticket
  • beer ticket
  • big ticket
  • big-ticket item
  • ticket off

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