Ticket I ˈtɪkɪt Free Candidates Noun Bre Bus/Theatre/Plane

• a bus/theatre/plane, etc. ticket
• free tickets to the show
• tickets are available from the arts centre at £5.00.
• a ticket office/machine/collector

ticket

1. a printed piece of paper that gives you the right to travel on a particular bus, train, etc. or to go into a theatre, etc.
• see also meal ticket
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/meal-ticket
• a bus/theatre/plane, etc. ticket
• free tickets to the show
• Tickets are available from the Arts Centre at £5.00.
• a ticket office/machine/collector
• She hoped that getting this job would finally be her ticket to success.
2. a printed piece of paper with a number or numbers on it, that you buy in order to have the chance of winning a prize if the number or numbers are later chosen
• a lottery/raffle ticket
• There are three winning tickets.
3. a label that is attached to something in a shop/store giving details of its price, size, etc.
4. an official notice that orders you to pay a fine because you have done something illegal while driving or parking your car
• synonym fine
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fine_3
• a parking/speeding ticket
5. a list of candidates that are supported by a particular political party in an election
• see also dream ticket
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dream-ticket
• She ran for office on the Democratic ticket.
6. be the end
• It's tickets for the team that loses.
7. exactly what is needed in a particular situation
8. to vote for candidates from more than one party
9. used to say that something is just what is needed or that everything is just right
• Are we all packed and ready to go? That’s the ticket.

Extra Examples

• Concessionary tickets are available at half the standard price.
• He ran on the Republican ticket.
• He showed the guard his ticket.
• I bought a ticket for the concert.
• I bought a whole book of raffle tickets and I still didn’t win anything.
• I generally vote a split ticket.
• I had complimentary tickets for the show.
• I have a free ticket to the game.
• I’m voting the straight Democratic ticket.
• I’ve got a free ticket to the match.
• I’ve got complimentary tickets for the theatre.
• Phone the ticket line on this number.
• The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light.
• There are three candidates on the national ticket.
• There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ticket in ’64.
• Use the coupon below to reserve advance tickets for the exhibition.
• You must hold a valid ticket before boarding the train.
• You must hold a valid ticket for your entire journey before boarding the train.
• a first-class rail ticket
• a plane ticket to New York
• a ticket for Saturday
• admission by ticket only
• an annual season ticket

Word Origin

• early 16th cent. (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette.