ticket

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From French étiquette

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• (UK)&(US) IPA: ˈtɪkɪt
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪkɪt

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ticket (plural tickets)

1. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
2. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a plane, or other means of transportation
3. A citation for a traffic violation.
4. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
5. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally Internet Service Provider related).
6. (informal) 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.

7. A solution to a problem; something that is needed.

   That's the ticket.

   I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.

   • 1884, Mark Twain, Chapter 34, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, ISBN 0-553-21079-3:

     "Here's the ticket. This hole's big enough for Jim to get through if we wrench off the board."

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• Ticket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• ticket in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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to ticket (third-person singular simple present tickets, present participle ticketing, simple past and past participle ticketed)

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

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ticket m. (plural tickets)

1. ticket (admission, pass)
2. receipt
3. (Quebec) ticket (traffic citation)

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English

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ticket m. inv.

1. prescription charge
2. ticket stub (especially at a horserace)

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ticket

1. definite singular of tick