ticket
/ˈtɪk.ɪt/ noun A1- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc. · I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation. · train ticket bus ticket plane ticket· You must show your ticket to the conductor.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc. · lottery ticket raffle ticket· If I'd used my usual numbers, it would've been a winning ticket! Unlucky!
- A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
- A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something. · That's the ticket.· I saw my first bike as my ticket to freedom.
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
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The clerk in the ticket office was able to say with confidence that he saw Cadogan West—whom he knew well by sight—upon the Monday night, and that he went to London by the 8:15 to London Bridge.
He was alone and took a single third-class ticket.
Philips protested that they would have a nice comfortable noisy game of lottery tickets, and a little bit of hot supper afterwards.
At first there seemed danger of Lydia’s engrossing him entirely, for she was a most determined talker; but being likewise extremely fond of lottery tickets, she soon grew too much interested in the game, too eager in making bets and exclaiming after prizes, to have attention for anyone in particular.
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