ticket

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.

• I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.

• train ticket bus ticket plane ticket
• You must show your ticket to the conductor.

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.

• lottery ticket raffle ticket
• If I'd used my usual numbers, it would've been a winning ticket! Unlucky!

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.

• The variety of the demands of the railways for staff is almost endless. They require men with master's tickets as dock masters and to command their steamships.

A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.; A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.figuratively

• That's the ticket.
• I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.

A citation for a traffic violation.

A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.

• "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversig

A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.informal

• Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections.
• Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.

A small note or notice.dated

• He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors.
• Under each coin was a circular ticket with written particulars of the specimen accompanying it.

To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.

To mark with a ticket.

• to ticket goods in a retail store