Ticket | Mean of ticket in English Dictionary

/ˈtɪkət/

• Noun
• a piece of paper that allows you to see a show, participate in an event, travel on a vehicle, etc.
1. May I see your tickets, please? = Tickets, please.
2. We bought tickets for/to the opera.
3. a movie/concert ticket
4. a bus/train ticket
5. She bought a one-way ticket to New York. [=a ticket that allows her to travel to New York]
6. (US) a round-trip ticket = (Brit) a return ticket [=a ticket that allows you to travel to one place and then return back to the place you left]
• a card or piece of paper that shows that you are participating in a contest, raffle, etc.
1. a winning lottery ticket
• a piece of paper that officially tells you that you have driven or parked your car improperly and that you will have to pay a fine
1. I got a ticket for speeding.

• a piece of paper that is attached to an item in a store and that gives information about its price, size, etc.
1. a price ticket [=tag]
• a list of the candidates supported by a political party in an election
1. The senator heads her party's ticket. [=she is the leader of her party in the election]
2. the Republican/Democratic ticket
• something that makes it possible to get or achieve something that you want
1. She believed that education was the/her ticket to a good job.
2. He expected the novel to be his ticket to fame and fortune.
3. This job could be their ticket out of poverty.
• the correct or most desirable thing
1. Compromise, now that's the ticket. [=that's what we need]
2. For a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.
• Verb
• to give (a driver) a ticket for driving or parking improperly
1. He was ticketed for speeding.
• to give or sell a ticket to (someone)
1. methods used for ticketing airline passengers
• to give (someone or something) a specific purpose or destination
1. The building has been ticketed [=designated] for renovations.
2. a baseball player ticketed for the minor leagues [=a baseball player who is being sent to the minor leagues]