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 ~.