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Noun: ticket  ti-kit
  1. A commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
     
  2. A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
    - tag
     
  3. (law) a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
     
  4. [N. Amer] A list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices
    - slate [N. Amer]
     
  5. The appropriate or desirable thing
    "this car could be just the ticket for a small family";
    - just the ticket
     
  6. A service request, used to track complaints or requests
Verb: ticket  ti-kit
  1. Record a fine as a penalty in a police record
    "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!";
    - fine
     
  2. Provide with a ticket for passage or admission
    "Ticketed passengers can board now"

Derived forms: ticketed, ticketing, tickets

Type of: appropriateness, book, commercial document, commercial instrument, furnish, label, list, listing, offer, process, provide, render, summons, supply

Encyclopedia: Ticket