ticket : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a ticket good for a trip on an airplane
  airplane ticket.
  

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• adjective satellite very expensive
  big-ticket.
  
  • big-ticket items like cars and furs
  • a big-ticket government program

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• noun a ticket good for a ride on a bus
  

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• noun a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate
  commutation ticket.
  

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• a ticket, as for transportation, which is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d Commute, 2.

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• adjective satellite very expensive
  big-ticket.
  
  • big-ticket items like cars and furs
  • a big-ticket government program

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• noun the appropriate or desirable thing
  ticket.
  
  • this car could be just the ticket for a small family

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• noun a source of income or livelihood
  
• noun coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal
  luncheon voucher.
  

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• noun a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place
  

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• noun a pawnbroker's receipt for articles taken as security
  

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• a receipt given by the pawnbroker for an article pledged.

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• noun a ticket good for a trip on an airplane
  airplane ticket.
  

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• noun a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train
  railroad ticket.
  

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• noun a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)
  return ticket.
  

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• noun a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)
  return ticket.
  

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• a ticket from which the names of one or more of the candidates are scratched out.

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• noun a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate
  commutation ticket.
  

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• a certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money. Eng. Brande & C.

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• a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.

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• noun a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit
  

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• noun a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party
  

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• a ballot containing the names of only a portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one party, other names being substituted for those omitted. U.S.
• a ticket representing different divisions of a party, or containing candidates selected from two or more parties.

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• noun a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party
  

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• a ticket containing the regular nominations of a party, without change.

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• noun a ticket good for admission to a theater
  theater ticket.
  

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• noun a ticket good for admission to a theater
  theater ticket.
  

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• a ticket for the whole journey.

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• noun someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)
  booking clerk.
  

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• noun a book of tickets that can be torn out and used
  

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• noun the office where tickets of admission are sold
  box office; ticket booth.
  

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• noun someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets
  ticket collector.
  

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• (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another. Eng. Simmonds.

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• noun holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)
  

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• noun a queue of people waiting to buy tickets
  

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• a license or permit given to a convict, or prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain specific conditions. Eng. Simmonds.

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• noun the office where tickets of admission are sold
  box office; ticket booth.
  

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• a licensed porter wearing a badge by which he may be identified. Eng.

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• noun a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
  stub.
  

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• noun someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchased tickets
  ticket collector.
  

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• noun someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
  tout.
  

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• noun a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth)
  

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• noun a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
  

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• to cancel one or more names of candidates on a party ballot; to refuse to vote the party ticket in its entirety. U.S.

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• noun a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train
  railroad ticket.
  

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Ty"burn tick`et

Etymology

So called in allusion to Tyburn, formerly a place of execution in England.

Definitions

1. (O. Eng. Law) A certificate given to one who prosecutes a felon to conviction, exempting him from certain parish and ward offices.

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• an order to leave; dismissal, as from office. Colloq. Bartlett.

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