tick·et (t?k??t)n.1. a. A paper slip or card indicating that its holder has paid for or is entitled to a specified service, right, or consideration: a theater ticket; an airline ticket.b. An e-ticket.2. A certifying document, especially a captain’s or pilot’s license.3. An identifying or descriptive tag attached to merchandise; a label.4. A list of candidates proposed or endorsed by a political party; a slate.5. A legal notice to a person charged with a violation of law, especially a minor violation.6. The proper or desirable thing: A change of scene would be just the ticket for us.7. Informal A means to an end: “He went to Washington … to become press secretary … it was his ticket out of the Delta” (Nicholas Lamann).tr.v. tick·et·ed, tick·et·ing, tick·ets 1. To provide with a ticket for passage or admission: ticket all passengers through to Amsterdam.2. To attach a ticket to; tag: items that are ticketed in a pawnshop window.3. To designate for a specified use or end; destine: funds that have been ticketed for research.4. To serve (a person) with a notice of legal violation: ticket a speeding motorist.[Obsolete French etiquet, label, note, from Old French estiquet, post serving as a target in certain sports, notice, label, from estiquier, to stick, of Germanic origin; see steig- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ticket (?t?k?t) n1. a. a piece of paper, cardboard, etc, showing that the holder is entitled to certain rights, such as travel on a train or bus, entry to a place of public entertainment, etcb. (modifier) concerned with or relating to the issue, sale, or checking of tickets: a ticket office; ticket collector. 2. a piece of card, cloth, etc, attached to an article showing information such as its price, size, or washing instructions3. a summons served for a parking offence or violation of traffic regulations4. informal the certificate of competence issued to a ship’s captain or an aircraft pilot5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly US and NZ the group of candidates nominated by one party in an election; slate6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) chiefly US the declared policy of a political party at an election7. (Military) informal Brit a certificate of discharge from the armed forces8. informal the right or appropriate thing: that’s the ticket. 9. have tickets on oneself have got tickets on oneself informal Austral to be conceitedvb (tr) , -ets, -eting or -eted10. to issue or attach a ticket or tickets to11. informal to earmark for a particular purpose[C17: from Old French etiquet, from estiquier to stick on, from Middle Dutch steken to stick2] ?ticketing nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014tick?et (?t?k ?t) n. 1. a slip, usu. of paper or cardboard, serving as evidence that the holder has paid a fare or admission or is entitled to some service: a train ticket. 2. a summons issued for a traffic or parking violation. 3. a label or tag affixed to something to indicate its price, content, etc. 4. a slate of candidates nominated by a particular party or faction. 5. the license of a ship’s officer or of an aviation pilot. 6. a preliminary recording of transactions prior to their entry in more permanent books of account. 7. Informal. the proper or advisable thing: that’s the ticket! v.t. 8. to attach a ticket to; label. 9. to furnish with a ticket. 10. to serve with a summons for a traffic or parking violation. 11. to attach such a summons to: to ticket illegally parked cars. [1520?30; earlier tiket