- a printed piece of paper, or a message or image received on your phone or computer, that gives you the right to travel on a particular bus, train, etc. or to go into a theatre, etc.
- a plane/bus/train ticket
- an airline ticket
- a theatre/concert ticket
- ticket for/to something free tickets to the show
- I bought a ticket for the concert.
- I booked a one-way ticket to Montreal.
- Tickets are available from the Arts Centre at £5.00.
- a one-way/return ticket
- a ticket office
- a ticket holder (= a person who has a ticket)
- a ticket machine/collector/inspector
- They raised over £40,000 in ticket sales alone.
- Ticket prices range from $9 for adults to $4.75 for children.
- Tickets can also be purchased by phone.
- (figurative) She hoped that getting this job would finally be her ticket to success.
- by ticket Admission is by ticket only.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and traina1, Transport by aira1- Concessionary tickets are available at half the standard price.
- He showed the guard his ticket.
- I've got complimentary tickets for the theatre.
- Phone the ticket line on this number.
- Use the coupon below to reserve advance tickets for the exhibition.
- You must hold a valid ticket before boarding the train.
- a first-class rail ticket
- a ticket for Saturday
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- one-way
- single
- return
- …
- buy
- get
- obtain
- …
- be priced
- cost
- go on sale
- …
- agency
- agent
- booth
- …
- by ticket
- ticket for
- ticket to
- …
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- a printed piece of paper with a number or numbers on it, that you buy in order to have the chance of winning a prize if the number or numbers are later chosen
- a lottery/raffle ticket
- There are three winning tickets.
- I own a little store that sells lottery tickets.
- Raffle tickets cost just $10.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- winning
- lottery
- raffle
- …
- book
- a label that is attached to something in a shop giving details of its price, size, etc. see also big-ticket
- an official notice that orders you to pay a fine because you have done something illegal while driving or parking your car synonym fine
- a speeding ticket
- The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- parking
- speeding
- traffic
- …
- give somebody
- issue
- get
- …
- ticket for
- [usually singular] (especially North American English) a list of candidates that are supported by a particular political party in an election
- She ran for office on the Democratic ticket.
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc2- I generally vote a split ticket.
- I'm voting the straight Republican ticket.
- There are three candidates on the national ticket.
- There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ticket in '64.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- national
- party
- presidential
- …
- run on
- join
- support
- …
- on ticket
- (in information technology) a request for a problem to be fixed that is entered into a system that manages such requests
- Open a ticket with the Help Desk.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with etiquette.
Idioms
See ticket in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee ticket in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe tickets
- (South African English, informal) be the end
- It's tickets for the team that loses.
just the ticket
(British English also just the job)
- (informal, approving) exactly what is needed in a particular situation
- That cup of tea was just the ticket.
split the ticket
- (US English, politics) to vote for candidates from more than one party
that’s the ticket
- (old-fashioned, informal) used to say that something is just what is needed or that everything is just right
- Are we all packed and ready to go? That’s the ticket.
Check pronunciation:
ticket