ticket

ticket
noun
1 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)
▪ concert
VERB + 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, take
TICKET + VERB
▪ be priced, cost
▪ go on sale
TICKET + 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)
▪ stub
PREPOSITION
▪ 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 penalty
ADJECTIVE
▪ parking, speeding, traffic (AmE)
▪ fixed-penalty (BrE)
VERB + TICKET
▪ give sb, issue
▪ get, receive
PREPOSITION
▪ ticket for
▪

The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light.

4 (esp. AmE) list of candidates in an election
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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.


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