TICKET


Meaning of TICKET in English

noun

1 for travel, an event, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ one-way ( esp. AmE ), single ( BrE )

▪ return ( BrE ), round-trip ( AmE )

▪ day , season , weekly ( BrE )

an annual season ~

▪ business-class , coach-class ( AmE ), economy-class , first-class , second-class ( esp. BrE ), etc.

a first-class rail ~

▪ valid

▪ complimentary , free

I had complimentary ~s for the show.

▪ adult , family (both esp. BrE )

A family ~ for two adults and two children costs £27.

▪ advance

Use the coupon below to reserve advance ~s for the exhibition.

▪ admission , entrance , entry

▪ air , airline , bus , plane , rail ( BrE ), train , etc.

▪ cinema ( BrE ), movie ( AmE )

▪ concert

VERB + TICKET

▪ buy , get , obtain , purchase

▪ sell

▪ have , hold

You must hold a valid ~ before boarding the train.

▪ book , reserve

▪ collect

▪ hand (sb) , show (sb)

He showed the guard his ~.

▪ punch , take

TICKET + VERB

▪ be priced , cost

▪ go on sale

TICKET + NOUN

▪ agency , agent , booth , counter , machine , office , window

▪ line

Phone the ~ line on this number.

▪ price

▪ sales

▪ holder

▪ collector , inspector (both BrE )

▪ scalper ( AmE ), tout ( BrE )

▪ barrier ( BrE )

▪ stub

PREPOSITION

▪ by ~

admission by ~ only

▪ ~ for

I bought a ~ for the concert.

a ~ for Saturday

▪ ~ to

I have a free ~ to the game.

a plane ~ to New York

2 for a lottery, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ winning

▪ lottery , raffle

… OF TICKETS

▪ book ( esp. BrE )

I bought a whole book of raffle ~s and I still didn't win anything.

3 giving a penalty

ADJECTIVE

▪ parking , speeding , traffic ( AmE )

▪ fixed-penalty ( BrE )

VERB + TICKET

▪ give sb , issue

▪ get , receive

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

The police officer gave us a ~ for going through a red light.

4 ( esp. AmE ) list of candidates in an election

ADJECTIVE

▪ national , party , presidential

▪ Democratic , Republican

▪ split , straight

I generally vote a split ~.

VERB + TICKET

▪ run on

He ran on the Republican ~.

▪ join , support

▪ drop sb from , put sb on

There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ~ in '64.

▪ vote , vote for

I'm voting the straight Democratic ~.

PREPOSITION

▪ on ~

There are three candidates on the national ~.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .