ticket
n
a a piece of paper, cardboard, etc., showing that the holder is entitled to certain rights, such as travel on a train or bus, entry to a place of public entertainment, etc.
b modifier concerned with or relating to the issue, sale, or checking of tickets
a ticket office, ticket collector
2 a piece of card, cloth, etc., attached to an article showing information such as its price, size, or washing instructions
3 a summons served for a parking offence or violation of traffic regulations
4 Informal the certificate of competence issued to a ship's captain or an aircraft pilot
5 (Chiefly U.S. and N.Z.) the group of candidates nominated by one party in an election; slate
6 (Chiefly U.S.) the declared policy of a political party at an election
7 (Brit)
informal a certificate of discharge from the armed forces
8 Informal the right or appropriate thing
that's the ticket
9 ♦
have (got) tickets on oneself (Austral)
informal to be conceited
vb , -ets, -eting, -eted tr
10 to issue or attach a ticket or tickets to
11 Informal to earmark for a particular purpose
(C17: from Old French etiquet, from estiquier to stick on, from Middle Dutch steken to stick2)