carnet

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English

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(ticket book) a carnet to an amusement park
(admission pass) a carnet

Etymology

From French carnet (“notebook”), from Middle French quernet (“group of four sheets”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

carnet (plural carnets)

  1. A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
    If you think you're going to use more than ten single trip tickets within Zone 1 in a twelve month period, you can buy a carnet of ten tickets for £17 - your cost per journey reduces from £2 down to £1.70.
  2. (law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
    • 2003, Jim Hudgens et al., The Rough Guide to West Africa‎[1], →ISBN, page 20:
      If you plan to sell your car, of course, a carnet is the last thing you need: if the vehicle isn't correctly stamped in and out of each country you'll lose your deposit.
  3. An admission pass.

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Etymology

From French carnet.

Noun

carnet

  1. identification card
    carnet de conduir
    driving license

French

Etymology

From a diminutive of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French quaern, quaer. See cahier

Pronunciation

Noun

carnet m (plural carnets)

  1. booklet, notebook

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun carnet

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Noun

carnet m (plural carnets)

  1. identification card, identification badge

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