[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ticket \tick"et\, n. f. 'etiquette a label, ticket, fr. of.
   estiquette, or of. etiquet, estiquet; both of teutonic
   origin, and akin to e. stick. see stick, n.  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: 
   1913 webster
   a a little note or notice. obs. or local
       1913 webster

             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.
       1913 webster
   b a tradesman's bill or account. obs.
       1913 webster

   note: hence the phrase on ticket, on account; whence, by
         abbreviation, came the phrase on tick. see 1st tick.
         1913 webster

               your courtier is mad to take up silks and velvets
               on ticket for his mistress.        --j. cotgrave.
         1913 webster
   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.
       1913 webster
   d a label to show the character or price of goods.
       1913 webster
   e a certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other
       scheme for distributing money, goods, or the like.
       1913 webster
   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.
       1913 webster

             the old ticket forever we have it by thirty-four
             votes.                               --sarah
                                                  franklin
                                                  1766.
       1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
stick etiquette tick scratched ticket split ticket straight ticket 
ticket day ticket of leave ticket porter 

Ticket Of Leave >> T Words
Ticket Of Leave, definition of term: Ticket Of Leave
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Ticket >> T Words
Ticket, definition of term: Ticket
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Leave >> L Words
Leave, definition of term: Leave
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Leave Out >> L Words
Leave Out, definition of term: Leave Out
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Leave Off >> L Words
Leave Off, definition of term: Leave Off
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Straight Ticket >> S Words
Straight Ticket, definition of term: Straight Ticket
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Take Leave >> T Words
Take Leave, definition of term: Take Leave
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Split Ticket >> S Words
Split Ticket, definition of term: Split Ticket
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Season Ticket >> S Words
Season Ticket, definition of term: Season Ticket
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On Leave >> O Words
On Leave, definition of term: On Leave
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