01 n. A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.
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A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something.
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2.
A little note or notice.[Obs. or Local]“He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors.” — Fuller.
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A tradesman's bill or account.[Obs.]“Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets On ticket for his mistress.” — J. Cotgrave.
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A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.
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A label to show the character or price of goods.
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A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.
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A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot.(Politics) [U. S.]“The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four votes.” — Sarah Franklin (1766).
Phrases & compounds
Scratched ticket —
a ticket from which the names of one or more of the candidates are scratched out.
Split ticket —
a ticket representing different divisions of a party, or containing candidates selected from two or more parties.
Straight ticket —
a ticket containing the regular nominations of a party, without change.
Ticket day —
the day before the settling or pay day on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another.
Ticket of leave —
a license or permit given to a convict, or prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain specific conditions.
Ticket porter —
a licensed porter wearing a badge by which he may be identified.