ticket
n. countablen. a small piece of paper or a digital code that shows you have paid for something. You use it to travel on a bus, enter a cinema, or go to a concert.
n. a printed or electronic document providing evidence of a right to travel, enter a venue, or participate in an event.
I bought a train ticket to London.
The security guard checked every ticket at the gate to make sure no one entered without paying.
While digital distribution has largely replaced physical stubs, many collectors still value the tangible nature of a printed ticket as a memento of a significant cultural event.
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.
Commonly used with the prepositions 'to' or 'for' (e.g., 'a ticket to the show').