What does "ticket" mean?

1. (travel or admission) a piece of paper or a digital code that shows you have paid for a journey or an event. 2. (traffic fine) an official notice that you have broken a traffic rule and must pay a fine. 3. (support request) a record of a problem or request that a technical team needs to fix. 4. (political candidates) a list of people from the same political party who are running in an election. 5. (price label) a small tag on a product that shows how much it costs. 6. (to issue a fine) to give someone an official notice for breaking a traffic law.

ticket — meaning, definition & examples

Word

01travel or admission

A1 · Beginner Countable noun

n. a piece of paper or a digital code that shows you have paid for a journey or an event.

n. a document or token showing that the holder is entitled to a specific service, such as transportation or admission to an event.

“I bought a train ticket to London at the station machine.”

“The concert sold out within minutes, leaving thousands of fans searching for tickets on secondary marketplaces.”

Synonyms

pass voucher permit

02traffic fine

A2 · Elementary Countable noun Law

n. an official notice that you have broken a traffic rule and must pay a fine.

n. a legal summons or notice of a fine issued by an officer for a traffic or parking violation.

“He got a parking ticket because he left his car in a restricted zone.”

“The officer issued a speeding ticket after the radar confirmed the vehicle was travelling twenty miles per hour over the limit.”

Synonyms

fine citation summons

03support request

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Computing

n. a record of a problem or request that a technical team needs to fix.

n. a formal record within a tracking system used to manage and resolve customer queries or technical issues.

“I opened a support ticket because my company email was not working.”

“The help desk closed the ticket once the software patch was successfully deployed to all affected workstations.”

Synonyms

request case issue

04political candidates

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Politics American English

n. a list of people from the same political party who are running in an election.

n. a single election choice which fills more than one political office or represents a party's full list of candidates.

“The party chose a young lawyer to join their ticket for the local elections.”

“Political analysts debated whether the presidential candidate's choice of running mate would strengthen the party's ticket in the southern states.”

Synonyms

slate list

05price label

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. a small tag on a product that shows how much it costs.

n. a label or tag attached to merchandise indicating its price, size, or other descriptive details.

“The dress was beautiful, but I couldn't find the price ticket anywhere.”

“The shop assistant spent the morning attaching new price tickets to the items in the summer clearance section.”

Synonyms

tag label

06to issue a fine

B1 · Intermediate Law

v. to give someone an official notice for breaking a traffic law.

v. to issue a legal citation or notice of a fine to a person or for a vehicle.

“The police officer ticketed the driver for running a red light.”

“The city began ticketing vehicles parked in the bike lane to improve safety for cyclists during rush hour.”

Synonyms

fine cite

Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish stikkjan, stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic stikaną, stikōną, staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.