ticket
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
a small piece of card or paper showing that you have paid to travel somewhere or to go into a place or event
The machine printed my ticket before I could take my card back.
Keep your ticket; you will need it to leave the station.
Tickets for the concert sold out in less than an hour.
Children under six travel free and do not need a ticket.
Common collocations: buy a ticket · book a ticket · a return ticket · a single ticket · a plane ticket · ticket office · ticket machine · show your ticket
Part of: Airports and stations, Means of transport, Holidays, Film and television
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
an official paper telling a driver to pay money because they have broken a traffic rule
He came back to find a parking ticket under the wiper.
She got a ticket for driving well above the speed limit.
Two tickets in one year pushed his insurance costs up sharply.
Common collocations: get a ticket · a parking ticket · a speeding ticket · write somebody a ticket · pay a ticket
Part of: Public offices, Means of transport, Bank and money