- ticket
- noun1 for travel, an event, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ one-way (esp. AmE), single (BrE)▪ return (BrE), round-trip (AmE)▪ day, season, weekly (BrE)▪
an annual season ticket
▪ business-class, coach-class (AmE), economy-class, first-class, second-class (esp. BrE), etc.▪a first-class rail ticket
▪ valid▪ complimentary, free▪I had complimentary tickets for the show.
▪ adult, family (both esp. BrE)▪A family ticket for two adults and two children costs £27.
▪ advance▪Use the coupon below to reserve advance tickets for the exhibition.
▪ admission, entrance, entry▪ air, airline, bus, plane, rail (BrE), train, etc.▪ cinema (BrE), movie (AmE)▪ concertVERB + TICKET▪ buy, get, obtain, purchase▪ sell▪ have, hold▪You must hold a valid ticket before boarding the train.
▪ book, reserve▪ collect▪ hand (sb), show (sb)▪He showed the guard his ticket.
▪ punch, takeTICKET + VERB▪ be priced, cost▪ go on saleTICKET + NOUN▪ agency, agent, booth, counter, machine, office, window▪ line▪Phone the ticket line on this number.
▪ price▪ sales▪ holder▪ collector, inspector (both BrE)▪ scalper (AmE), tout (BrE)▪ barrier (BrE)▪ stubPREPOSITION▪ by ticket▪admission by ticket only
▪ ticket for▪I bought a ticket for the concert.
▪a ticket for Saturday
▪ ticket to▪I have a free ticket to the game.
▪a plane ticket to New York
2 for a lottery, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ winning▪ lottery, raffle… OF TICKETS▪ book (esp. BrE)▪I bought a whole book of raffle tickets and I still didn't win anything.
3 giving a penaltyADJECTIVE▪ parking, speeding, traffic (AmE)▪ fixed-penalty (BrE)VERB + TICKET▪ give sb, issue▪ get, receivePREPOSITION▪ ticket for▪The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light.
4 (esp. AmE) list of candidates in an electionADJECTIVE▪ national, party, presidential▪ Democratic, Republican▪ split, straight▪I generally vote a split ticket.
VERB + TICKET▪ run on▪He ran on the Republican ticket.
▪ join, support▪ drop sb from, put sb on▪There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ticket in '64.
▪ vote, vote for▪I'm voting the straight Democratic ticket.
PREPOSITION▪ on ticket▪There are three candidates on the national ticket.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.