ticket

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US /ˈtɪk.ət/ UK /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #1623

Meanings

1

noun
A printed piece of paper that shows you have paid to travel or to enter a place.

I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday.
2

noun
An official notice ordering you to pay a fine, usually for a driving or parking offense.

She got a parking ticket for leaving her car too long.
3

noun
A request logged so that a problem or complaint can be tracked and handled.

He opened a support ticket about the broken website.

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Word family

Forms ticketedticketingtickets

Derived forms all-ticketbig-ticketdown-tickete-tickethard-tickethigh-ticketsmall-ticketthrough-ticketticket-collectorticket-holderticket-inspectorticket-of-leave

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ticket office
an office or counter where tickets are sold

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Simplified etymology

Ticket is a 16th-century shortening of Old French estiquette, also the source of etiquette. It originally meant a short written note or a licence or permit; the familiar sense of a paper or card permitting admission or travel dates from the late 17th century.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, 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.

etiquet Middle French estechier Old French *stikkjan frk *stikaną Proto-Germanic *(s)teyg- Proto-Indo-European

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# ticket

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtɪk.ət/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtɪk.ɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 1623

## Meanings
1. A printed piece of paper that shows you have paid to travel or to enter a place.
2. An official notice ordering you to pay a fine, usually for a driving or parking offense.
3. A request logged so that a problem or complaint can be tracked and handled.

## Examples
- I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday.
- She got a parking ticket for leaving her car too long.
- He opened a support ticket about the broken website.

## Derived Forms
- all-ticket
- big-ticket
- down-ticket
- e-ticket
- hard-ticket
- high-ticket
- small-ticket
- through-ticket
- ticket-collector
- ticket-holder
- ticket-inspector
- ticket-of-leave

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: etiquet
- Root: estechier
- Root: *stikkjan
- Root: *stikaną
- Root: *(s)teyg-

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, 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.

## AI Etymology
Ticket is borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, 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.

## Topics
- Travel

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