ticket

Betekenis

Noun

1. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
2. A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
3. A citation for a traffic violation.
4. A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
5. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
6. (informal) A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
7. A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
8. A little note or notice.
9. A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
10. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
11. A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
12. A visiting card.
13. (slang) A warrant.
14. A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.

Verb

1. To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
2. To mark with a ticket.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɪkɪt/

Etymologie

From Middle English ticket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.