ticket

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ticket

1	n v	a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment) provide with a ticket for passage or admission
2	n v	a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty
3	n	the appropriate or desirable thing
4	n	a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ticket

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; commutation ticket, season ticket
a ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate; airplane ticket, plane ticket
a ticket good for a trip on an airplane; pass
a complimentary ticket; transfer
a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances; railroad ticket, train ticket
a ticket good for a ride on a railroad train; theater ticket, theatre ticket
a ticket good for admission to a theater; bus ticket
a ticket good for a ride on a bus; return ticket, round-trip ticket
a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route); day return
a return ticket (at reduced fare) for traveling both ways in the same day

Type of:: commercial document, commercial instrument
a document of or relating to commerce

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; dog tag
metal plate on a dog collar bearing its registration number; dog tag
military identification tag worn on a chain around the neck; name tag
a tag showing the name of the person who wears it; price tag
a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to

Type of:: label
an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

“Ticketed passengers can board now”

Type of:: furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to

Types:: speeding ticket
a ticket issued for driving above the speed limit; parking ticket
a ticket issued for parking in a restricted place

Type of:: process, summons
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

“Move your car or else you will be ticketed!”

Types:: amerce
punish by a fine imposed arbitrarily by the discretion of the court

Type of:: list, listing
a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

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