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noun

Ticket n. A small piece of paper, cardboard, or the like, serving as a notice, certificate, or distinguishing token of something. Specifically:

(a)

A little note or notice. (Obs. or Local) "He constantly read his lectures twice a week for above forty years, giving notice of the time to his auditors in a ticket on the school doors."

(b)

A tradesman's bill or account. (Obs.) Note: Hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. See 1st Tick. "Your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets On ticket for his mistress."

(c)

A certificate or token of right of admission to a place of assembly, or of passage in a public conveyance; as, a theater ticket; a railroad or steamboat ticket.

(d)

A label to show the character or price of goods.

(e)

A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.

(f)

(Politics) A printed list of candidates to be voted for at an election; a set of nominations by one party for election; a ballot. (U. S.) "The old ticket forever! We have it by thirty-four votes."

Scratched ticket, a ticket from which the names of one or more of the candidates are scratched out.

Split ticket, a ticket representing different divisions of a party, or containing candidates selected from two or more parties.

Straight ticket, a ticket containing the regular nominations of a party, without change.

Ticket day (Com.), the day before the settling or pay day on the stock exchange, when the names of the actual purchasers are rendered in by one stockbroker to another. (Eng.)

Ticket of leave, a license or permit given to a convict, or prisoner of the crown, to go at large, and to labor for himself before the expiration of his sentence, subject to certain specific conditions. (Eng.)

Ticket porter, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which he may be identified. (Eng.)

verb

Ticket v. t. (past & past part. ticketed; pres. part. ticketing)

To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.

To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California. (U. S.)

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"Ticket" Quotes from Famous Books

... call out the names of those who were drafted. As his name was called out, he did not change countenance—he remained as gay and cheerful as before, while the other boys were gazing sadly, thoughtfully before them. Then the officer handed each of them a ticket upon which their names were printed, and ordered them to go immediately to the nearest city, Cleve, and receive their uniforms. Charles Henry requested a day's leave, as he had various preparations ...

— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach

... And when the broker's shop is full of other suspicious goods? Why did the "Outlook" practically take back Mr. Spahr's revelations concerning the Powder barony of Delaware? Why did it support so vigorously the Standard Oil ticket for the control of the Mutual Life Insurance Company—and with James Stillman, one of the heads of Standard Oil, president of Standard Oil's big bank in New York, secretly one ...

— The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition • Upton Sinclair

... this Manafacturer in some middle west town (I cant seem to recall that fellows name) made one mistake, There were people on his Boat that should never have had a return trip ticket, ...

— Rogers-isms, the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference • Will Rogers

... in 1859, as soon as it was known that the Republicans had secured a majority in the legislature, the managers of these rival Republican offices instituted a very lively campaign for the office of state printer. Both papers had worked hard for the success of the Republican ticket and they had equal claims on the party for recognition. Both offices were badly in need of financial assistance, and had the Republican party not been successful one of them, and perhaps both, would have been compelled to suspend. How ...

— Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul • Frank Moore

... heard. As to talking of farming, of their crops, or what was the best thing to raise, or how best to carry on this or that branch of their business,—such matters were rarely spoken of. They came there to shake off the farm. Politics was a standing topic,—who was likely to be nominated on their ticket,—whether he would be elected,—and whether it was true that so-and-so was going to be sold out by the sheriff. It was much to Spangler's credit, that, if at this rainy-day rendezvous he learned nothing useful, he contracted no other bad habit than that of lounging away a day when he should ...

— Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 - An Illustrated Magazine • Various

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