I. ˈtikə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: obsolete French etiquet (now étiquette ), from Middle French etiquet, estiquet, from estiquer, estiquier to attach, stick, from Middle Dutch steken to stick; akin to Old High German stehhan to stick — more at stick
1.
a. obsolete : a short note or document in writing
if your ticket had overtaken me … I had certainly returned — Richard Baker
b. : a document that serves as a certificate, license, or permit ; specifically : a master's, captain's, mate's, pilot's, or airman's certificate
c. : a written, typed, printed, stamped, or engraved notice, record, memorandum, or token: as
(1) : a paper or card on an item giving information (as of its owner, identity, maker, or price) : tag , label
tagged with a ticket giving the number of the machine, the operator, and the lot — Werner Von Bergen & H.R.Mauersberger
examined the price on the ticket
(2) obsolete : promissory note
(3) Britain : visiting card
(4) : a summons or warning issued to an offender especially of a traffic regulation
parking ticket
d.
(1) : a certificate, evidence, or token of a right (as of admission to a place of assembly, of passage in a public conveyance, of debt, or of a chance)
a theater ticket
a railroad ticket
a lottery ticket
a pawn ticket
(2) Britain : a library borrower's card
e.
(1) : slate 4b
the power of a popular president to carry his whole ticket to victory with him — W.H.Hessler
some individuals vote the party ticket — L.W.Doob
— see split ticket , straight ticket
(2) : a sheet of paper bearing the names of candidates for office (as of a political party or faction) and usually used as a ballot
the voter received the party ticket outside the polling place — H.R.Penniman
f. : a slip or card with ruled spaces on which is written a record of a transaction or undertaking or detailed instructions (as an order for specific repairs on some equipment)
deposit ticket
sales ticket
the driver is required to make an entry on his trip ticket at each stop
— compare deposit slip
2. : a sealed bid for ore to be sold
3. : a means to something desirable
a used car is the ticket out of the bad living conditions — Warner Bloomberg
good manners … are your ticket to popularity — Girl Scout Handbk.
4. : the suitable, correct, or desirable thing
quick action, that's the ticket — T.B.Costain
a little trip'll be just the ticket for you — Maritta Wolff
5. : a program or plan for a project, career, or intended course of life used especially in such phrases as write one's own ticket
engineering graduates … are writing their own job tickets — Ira Kamen & R.H.Dorf
committees make their own rules and write their own tickets — New Yorker
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1.
a. : to classify or mark by a ticket : attach a ticket to : label
things in their proper place, ticketed and pigeon-holed — W.M.Dixon
ticketed only with the initials A.J. — Hamilton Basso
b. : to describe, characterize, or mentally classify especially in a set phrase
he's ticketed as a zealous reformer — Kiplinger Washington Letter
c. : to designate for a specific purpose, position, or destination
a defense contract now ticketed for a foreign factory — G.E.Cruikshank
most of the increase is ticketed for earthbound assets like bases, radar, and communications networks — Newsweek
a promising young man is duly noted … and ticketed for future office — Time
2.
a. : to furnish with a ticket : book
children … under twelve … cannot be ticketed unless accompanied by parent or guardian — Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR
b. : to serve with a ticket
ticketed for backing out of a parking space into an oncoming car — Time
intransitive verb
: to issue or check tickets