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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ticket \Tick"et\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Ticketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ticketing}.]
1. To distinguish by a ticket; to put a ticket on; as, to ticket goods.
2. To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California. [U. S.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ticket \Tick"et\, noun [F. ['e]tiquette a label, ticket, fr. OF. estiquette, or OF. etiquet, estiquet; both of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, noun & v., and cf. {Etiquette}, {Tick} credit.] 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. --Fuller. (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. --J. Cotgrave. (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. --Sarah Franklin (1766).
{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.] --Simmonds.
{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.] --Simmonds.
{Ticket porter}, a licensed porter wearing a badge by which he may be identified. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ticket
noun
1: a commercial document showing that the holder is entitled to something (as to ride on public transportation or to enter a public entertainment)
2: a summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation)
3: a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices [syn: {slate}]
4: the appropriate or desirable thing; "this car could be just the ticket for a small family" [syn: {just the ticket}]
verb
1: issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "I was fined for parking on the wrong side of the street"; "Move your car or else you will be ticketed!" [syn: {fine}]
2: provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
138 Moby Thesaurus words for "ticket": Australian ballot, Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, OK, absentee ballot, admission, affidavit, allowance, attestation, authority, authorization, baggage check, ballot, bill of health, billhead, blanket ballot, book stamp, bookplate, brand, broad arrow, cachet, card, cashiering, certificate, certificate of proficiency, certification, charter, check, choice, colophon, conge, consent, counter, counterfoil, countermark, coupon, credential, deposal, deposition, diploma, discharge, disemployment, dismissal, dispensation, displacing, docket, drumming out, earmark, firing, forced separation, furloughing, government mark, government stamp, hallmark, hat check, imprint, key, label, layoff, leave, letterhead, liberty, license, lineup, list, logo, logotype, long ballot, masthead, navicert, nonpartisan ballot, notarized statement, note, office-block ballot, okay, open sesame, party emblem, party-column ballot, pass, password, patent, permission, permission to enter, pink slip, plate, price tag, proxy, registered trademark, release, removal, retirement, running head, running title, sample ballot, scrip, seal, sheepskin, short ballot, sigil, signet, slate, slip, slug, special permission, split ticket, stamp, sticker, straight ticket, stub, surplusing, suspension, sworn statement, tab, tag, tally, testamur, testimonial, the ax, the boot, the bounce, the gate, the sack, ticket of admission, title page, token, trade name, trademark, trademark name, visa, vise, vote, voucher, vouchsafement, waiver, walking papers, warrant, warranty, witness
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