1 ~ (for / to sth) 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:
a bus / theatre / plane ticket * free tickets to the show * Tickets are available from the Arts Centre at ｣2.50. * a ticket office / machine / collector * (figurative) She hoped that getting this job would finally be her ticket to success.
seealsoMEALTICKET, RETURNTICKET, SEASONTICKET
2 a label that is attached to sth in a shop/store giving details of its price, size, etc.
3 an official notice that orders you to pay a FINE because you have done sth illegal while driving or parking your car:
a parking / speeding ticket
4 [usuallysing.] (especially AmE) a list of candidates that are supported by a particular political party in an election:
She ran for office on the Democratic ticket.
seealsoDREAMTICKET
IDIOMS
just the ticket = just the job at JOB
that's the ticket (old-fashioned, BrE, informal) used to say that sth is just what is needed or that everything is just right:
Are we all packed and ready to go? That's the ticket.
moreatSPLITv.
verb [VN]
1 (technical) to produce and sell tickets for an event, a trip, etc.; to give sb a ticket:
The museum holds both free and ticketed exhibitions. * Passengers can now be ticketed electronically.
2 [usuallypassive] (especially AmE) to give sb an official notice that orders them to pay a FINE because they have done sth illegal while driving or parking a car:
Park illegally, and you're likely to be ticketed.
PHRASALVERBS
be ticketed for sth (especially AmE) to be intended for a particular purpose
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