tickets

tic-kets · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Pieces of paper or cards that give the holder a right to admission, travel, or participation.

  2. 2.

    Official notices of a traffic or parking violation.

  3. 3.

    Labels attached to items showing price or other information.

  4. 4.

    (politics, US) A list of candidates nominated by a political party.

Related words

See also: admission, pass, ticket
Synonyms: passes, permits, vouchers

Etymology

Plural of "ticket," from Old French "estiquet" meaning "note, label," from "estiquier" (to stick, attach). The word originally referred to a label or note attached to something. The sense of an admission pass developed in the 17th century.