Ticket

tik′et, n. a marked card: a token of any right or debt, as for admi ion, .: a list of candidates put forward by a party for election: ( obs. ) a visiting-card.— v.t. to mark by a ticket.— ns. Tick′et-day , the day before settling day on the Stock Exchange; Tick′et-of-leave , a license to be at large, granted to a convict for good conduct; Tick′et-por′ter , a licensed porter wearing a badge or ticket; Cou′pon-tick′et (see Coupon ); Straight′-ticket , a ticket bearing the names of the nominees of a political party, and them only.— Season ticket , a ticket entitling the holder to admi ion to lectures, ., or to travel between certain places on a line of railway, for a certain specified period; The ticket , the correct thing. [Short for O. Fr. etiquet , a label, from Teut.; Ger. stecken , to stick.]