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Another word for ticket

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Noun

  1. An identifying or descriptive slip

      1. An identifying brand, as of a company producing recorded music
      2. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination.
      3. A distinctive name or trademark identifying a product or manufacturer, especially a recording company.
      1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label:
      2. Tag line
      3. A label or marker.
    See also:

    marks

  2. A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party

      1. An array or sequential display of persons or photographs of persons presented to a complainant or potential witness for the purpose of identifying a suspect in a crime.
      2. An arrangement of persons or things in or as in a line
      3. (--- Sports) A list of the players, often including their numbers and positions, who participate in a game; esp., in baseball, a list of the players in the exact order in which they will bat
      1. A piece of this rock cut for use as roofing or surfacing material or as a writing surface.
      2. A record of past performance or activity:
      3. The bluish-gray color of most slate
    See also:

    politics

  3. A means or method of entering into or achieving something desirable

      1. Something prepared from such directions; often specif., a milk preparation for feeding a baby
      2. (Mathematics) A statement, especially an equation, of a fact, rule, principle, or other logical relation.
      3. A fixed form of words, esp. one that has lost its original meaning or force and is now used only as a conventional or ceremonial expression
      1. A determining factor in accomplishing or achieving something:
      2. Something that completes or holds together the parts of another thing, as the keystone of an arch or a roughened surface forming a secure base for plaster
      3. The principal tonality of a work:
      1. A means of reaching a goal:
      2. A fixed course or territory assigned to a salesperson or delivery person.
      3. A road, course, or way for travel from one place to another:
      1. The true cause or explanation, regarded as not obvious
      2. Something that remains beyond understanding or explanation; a mystery:
      3. A method or formula for doing or making something well, especially when not widely known:
    See also:

    means

Verb

  1. To attach a ticket to

      1. To attach a label to:
      2. To incorporate a labeled element into (a molecule, compound, material, etc.)
      3. To attach a label to; mark with a label
      1. To show or indicate by a mark or marks
      2. To attach or affix identification, such as a price tag or maker's label, to.
      3. To give attention to; notice:
      1. To touch (another player) in the game of tag.
      2. To provide with a tag; fasten a tag to; label
      3. To label or identify with a tag.
    See also:

    marks

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for ticket

Noun

  1. A valid token

      1. A document certifying that a person may officially practice in certain professions.
      2. A document issued to a person completing a course of study not leading to a diploma.
      3. (Computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
      1. A formal announcement or warning of intention to end an agreement, relation, or contract at a certain time
      2. A brief mention or critical review of a work of art, book, play, etc.
      3. A written or printed announcement:
      1. A device or emblem worn as an insignia of rank, office, or membership in an organization.
      2. Any distinguishing mark, sign, or symbol
      3. A distinctive token, emblem, or sign worn to show rank, membership, achievement, etc.
      1. A descriptive word or phrase applied to a person, group, theory, etc. as a convenient generalized classification
      2. An item used to identify something or someone, as a small piece of paper or cloth attached to an article to designate its origin, owner, contents, use, or destination.
      3. A card, strip of paper, etc. marked and attached to an object to indicate its nature, contents, ownership, destination, etc.
      1. A document granting a family a certain sum per child, from public education funds, for use as partial tuition to a private or parochial school
      2. A paper serving as evidence or proof; specif., a receipt or statement attesting to the expenditure or receipt of money, the accuracy of an account, etc.
      3. A piece of paper that entitles the holder to a discount, or that can be exchanged for goods and services.
      1. A short piece or length remaining after the main part has been removed or used up
      2. The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up:
      3. An entry that has minimal text, no text, or has not been written in full in an online reference work.
      1. Something that confirms or denies the correctness of a previous check.
      2. A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one)
      3. A check upon a check; double check
      1. A coupon, issued by a store to a customer, which guarantees that an item that is on sale at a reduced price but has been sold out may be purchased by that customer in the future at the lower price
      2. (Idiomatic) In social interactions, a polite way to turn down an invitation, with the implication one is simply postponing it and that another time would be acceptable.
      3. A promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future:
      1. Any list or summary of things to be done; agenda
      2. A label listing the contents of a package, directions, etc.
      3. A ticket or label fixed to something, showing its contents or directions to its use.
      1. (Computers) A label assigned to identify data in memory.
      2. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label:
      3. A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document.
      1. A small piece of paper, especially a small form, document, or receipt:
      2. (Ceramics) Clay thinned to the consistency of cream for use in decorating or casting, or as a cement or coating
      3. A small piece of paper, esp. one prepared for a specific use
      1. A brief statement of a fact, experience, etc. written down for review, as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; memorandum
      2. The characteristic vocal sound made by a songbird or other animal:
      3. The sign of a particular quality or emotion:
      1. Any of a series of cards on which information is recorded
      2. A card to advertise or announce an event, product, etc.
      3. One used for recording information in a file:
      1. (Computing, slang) A password (especially one for a restricted-access website).
      2. (Sports) In soccer, hockey, etc., an intentional transfer of the ball, puck, etc. to another player during play; also, an attempt to do so, whether or not successful
      3. A single complete cycle of operations, as by a machine or computer program.
      1. The fact of being or having been received:
      2. A written acknowledgment that something, as goods, money, etc., has been received
      3. The thing or amount received, as money taken in by a business
      1. (Computers) A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.
      2. Anything that is written down and preserved as evidence; account of events
      3. An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.
      1. Formal permission to do something; esp., authorization by law to do some specified thing
      2. A contract allowing someone to use a proprietary product or service:
      3. A document, card, plate, or tag that is issued as proof of official or legal permission:
      1. A carangid fish (Trachinotus falcatus) of the western Atlantic Ocean, having a laterally compressed silvery body and a deeply forked tail and valued as a food and game fish.
      2. An Atlantic pompano fish (Trachinotus falcatus) found esp. in the Caribbean
      3. A document or certificate giving permission to do something:
      1. The act or process of passing, especially:
      2. The right, permission, or power to come and go freely:
      3. The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship:
      1. Anything giving evidence that someone is entitled to or deserving of credit, confidence, etc.
      2. A document that serves as official proof of a person's position, authority, etc.; specif., letters of credence
      3. That which entitles one to confidence, credit, or authority.
      1. Visa card
      2. An endorsement on a passport, showing that a person has been granted official entry into or passage through a country
      3. A credit card company
      1. An official document issued by an allied foreign government to a ship, especially a neutral merchant ship in time of war, authorizing it to enter and travel through certain waters freely.
      2. Something that gives one the right or privilege of passage, entry, or acceptance:
      3. An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
      1. (--- Computers) A piece of work created with an application, as with a word processor.
      2. Something containing information, esp. information in printed or written form, often, specif., something that is relied upon to record or prove something: documents may be on paper, in digital or electronic form, etc.
      3. (--- Computers) A computer file that is not an executable file and contains data for use by applications.
      1. A small wrapper or card of paper, usually including its contents
      2. Short-term debt instruments, especially commercial paper.
      3. A wrapper made of paper, often with its contents:
      1. (Slang) A free ticket; pass

  2. Candidates representing a political party

      1. An alternative:
      2. One that is chosen:
      3. The power, right, or liberty to choose; option:
      1. A program of events or appointments expected in a given time:
      2. One of the ranks or classes in such a list.
      3. A list, catalog, or inventory of details, often as an explanatory supplement to a will, bill of sale, deed, tax form, etc.
      1. The act, process, or method of voting, especially in secret.
      2. The act or a method of voting; esp., secret voting by the use of ballots or voting machines
      3. A sheet of paper or a card used to cast or register a vote, especially a secret one.
      1. A system or device for doing work, as an automobile or jackhammer, together with its power source and auxiliary equipment.
      2. An organized group of people whose members are or appear to be under the control of one or more leaders:
      3. A person or organization regarded as acting in a machinelike way, variously, highly efficient, impersonal, lacking spontaneity, etc.
      1. Alternative spelling of lineup.
      1. (Botany) An annual ring.
      2. A suggestion of a particular quality:
      3. A circular band used for carrying, holding, or containing something:
      1. An association of persons, corporations, etc. for commercial or political, sometimes unethical, purposes
      2. A combination.
      3. A power-operated harvesting machine that cuts, threshes, and cleans grain.
    See also:

    candidate

    faction

    party

Idioms:

    that-s-the-ticket

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Sentence Examples

  • on the ticket with Warren G.

  • They approached the ticket counter with 15 minutes to spare.

  • I enclose a ticket, hoping that you will come.

  • I.m your only ticket out of here.

  • She could pay it this month or put the three hundred dollars towards a one-way ticket to wherever she wanted to be when she died.

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