ticket (tickets plural )
1 n-count A ticket is a small, official piece of paper or card which shows that you have paid to enter a place such as a theatre or a sports ground, or shows that you have paid for a journey.
also by N
I queued for two hours to get a ticket to see the football game..., I love opera and last year I got tickets for Covent Garden..., Entrance is free, but by ticket only...
2 n-count A ticket is an official piece of paper which orders you to pay a fine or to appear in court because you have committed a driving or parking offence.
I want to know at what point I break the speed limit and get a ticket.
3 n-count A ticket for a game of chance such as a raffle or a lottery is a piece of paper with a number on it. If the number on your ticket matches the number chosen, you win a prize.
usu n N
She bought a lottery ticket and won more than $33 million.
4 n-sing The particular ticket on which a person fights an election is the party they represent or the policies they support.
(BRIT) usu with supp
(=platform)
He first ran for president on a far-left ticket...
5 n-count A ticket is the list of candidates who are representing a particular political party or group in an election.
(AM) usu ADJ n
He plans to remain on the Republican ticket for the November election.
6 If you say that something is just the ticket, you mean that it is exactly what is needed.
INFORMAL
just the ticket phrase usu v-link PHR
Young kids need all the energy and protein they can get and whole milk is just the ticket.
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season ticket
big-ticket
If you describe something as a big-ticket item, you mean that it costs a lot of money.
(mainly AM) adj ADJ n
Supercomputers are big-ticket items.
dream ticket
If journalists talk about a dream ticket, they are referring to two candidates for political positions, for example President and Vice-President, or Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, who they think will be extremely successful. n-sing
meal ticket , meal-ticket
If you say that something or someone is ameal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have. n-sing usu a N
His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life..., I don't intend to be a meal-ticket for anyone.
parking ticket (parking tickets plural )A parking ticket is a piece of paper with instructions to pay a fine, and is put on your car when you have parked it somewhere illegally. n-count
season ticket (season tickets plural )A season ticket is a ticket that you can use repeatedly during a certain period, without having to pay each time. You can buy season tickets for things such as buses, trains, regular sporting events, or theatre performances. n-count
We went to renew our monthly season ticket.
