ticket

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)

Definition categories: communication

2. a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

Similar word(s): tag

Definition categories: communication, label

3. a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)

Definition categories: communication, process, summons

4. a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

Similar word(s): slate

Definition categories: communication, list, listing

5. the appropriate or desirable thing

- this car could be just the ticket for a small family

Definition categories: attribute, appropriateness

Sentences with ticket as a noun:

- Joe has joined the party's ticket for the county elections.

- Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.

- That's the ticket.

- I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.

verb

1. issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty

- Move your car or else you will be ticketed!

Similar word(s): fine

Definition categories: social, book

2. provide with a ticket for passage or admission

- Ticketed passengers can board now

Definition categories: possession, furnish, provide, render, supply