Tra từ ticket - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ticket [ticket tickets ticketed ticketing] noun, verb BrE [ˈtɪkɪt] NAmE [ˈtɪkɪt]
noun

1. ~ (for/to sth) a printed piece of paper that gives you the right to travel on a particular bus, train, etc. or to go into a theatre, etc
•a bus/theatre/plane, etc. ticket
•free tickets to the show
• Tickets are available from the Arts Centre at £5.00.
•a ticket office/machine/collector
• (figurative) She hoped that getting this job would finally be her ticket to success.
see also ↑meal ticket, ↑return ticket, ↑season ticket
2. a printed piece of paper with a number or numbers on it, that you buy in order to have the chance of winning a prize if the number or numbers are later chosen
•a lottery/raffle ticket
• There are three winning tickets.
3. a label that is attached to sth in a shop/store giving details of its price, size, etc.
4. an official notice that orders you to pay a ↑fine because you have done sth illegal while driving or parking your car
Syn: ↑fine
•a parking/speeding ticket
5. usually singular (especially NAmE)a list of candidates that are supported by a particular political party in an election
• She ran for office on the Democratic ticket.
see also ↑dream ticket
more at split the ticket at ↑split _v.

Word Origin:
early 16th cent. (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with ↑etiquette.

Example Bank:
•Concessionary tickets are available at half the standard price.
•He ran on the Republican ticket.
•He showed the guard his ticket.
•I bought a ticket for the concert.
•I bought a whole book of raffle tickets and I still didn't win anything.
•I generally vote a split ticket.
•I had complimentary tickets for the show.
•I have a free ticket to the game.
•I'm voting the straight Democratic ticket.
•I've got a free ticket to the match.
•I've got complimentary tickets for the theatre.
•Phone the ticket line on this number.
•The police officer gave us a ticket for going through a red light.
•There are three candidates on the national ticket.
•There had been talk of Kennedy dropping LBJ from the ticket in '64.
•Use the coupon below to reserve advance tickets for the exhibition.
•You must hold a valid ticket before boarding the train.
•You must hold a valid ticket for your entire journey before boarding the train.
•a first-class rail ticket
•a plane ticket to New York
•a ticket for Saturday
•admission by ticket only
•an annual season ticket
Idioms: ↑just the ticket ▪ ↑that's the ticket ▪ ↑tickets

verb
1. ~ sth/sb (technical)to produce and sell tickets for an event, a trip, etc; to give sb a ticket
•Passengers can now be ticketed electronically.
2. usually passive ~ sb (especially NAmE)to give sb an official notice that orders them to pay a ↑fine because they have done sth illegal while driving or parking a car
•Park illegally, and you're likely to be ticketed.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 16th cent. (in the general senses ‘short written note’ and ‘a licence or permit’): shortening of obsolete French étiquet, from Old French estiquet(te), from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken. Compare with ↑etiquette.

See also: ↑just the job