ticket

Related to ticket: train ticket

ticket

1. informal That which provides one with the means to achieve some end. I'm hoping this associate's degree will be my ticket out of this backwater town for good. I've got an audition with a famous producer tomorrow. It could be my ticket into Hollywood!
2. informal The right or appropriate thing. A: "So I just rotate the cylinder like this?" B: "Yep, that's the ticket!"
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ticket

1. n. the exact thing; the needed thing. This degree will be your ticket to a bright and shining future.
2. n. a license. I showed her my ticket, and she let me off with a warning.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a dream ticket
  • a meal ticket
  • a one-way ticket
  • a one-way ticket to (somewhere or something)
  • be tickets
  • be tickets (for someone or something)
  • big ticket
  • big-ticket
  • big-ticket item, a
  • buy a/(one's) wolf ticket
  • buy a/(one's) woof ticket
  • buy someone’s woof ticket
  • buy wolf ticket
  • buy wolf tickets
  • dream ticket
  • E-ticket ride
  • get a ticket
  • get one’s ticket punched
  • get ticket punched
  • golden ticket
  • have tickets on (oneself)
  • have tickets on yourself
  • hot ticket
  • just the job/ticket
  • just the ticket
  • meal ticket
  • punch (one's) ticket
  • punch your ticket
  • round-trip ticket
  • sell a wolf ticket
  • sell a woof ticket
  • sell wolf tickets
  • sell woof tickets
  • split (one's) ticket
  • split the ticket
  • split ticket
  • straight ticket
  • That’s the ticket!
  • that's the ticket
  • That's the ticket!
  • ticket
  • ticket (one) for (doing) (something)
  • ticket for some place
  • vote a split ticket
  • vote a straight ticket
  • work (one's) ticket
  • work your ticket
  • write (one's) (own) ticket
  • write one's own ticket
  • write own ticket
  • write your ticket
References in periodicals archive
Prices for other unregulated tickets, like super off-peak and advance, are set by train companies in December.
Price of rail travel to go up - again
Concession Sunday Ticket - Special Price - E-ticket
British Masters 2020 at Close House - ticket prices as golf's European Tour returns; The British Masters attracted 70,000 spectators to Close House in 2017, and Europe's elite golfers are coming back to Northumberland next year
With the World Cup just around the corner, we are delighted to be able to put remaining and returned tickets on sale, giving fans the opportunity to secure a seat at the tournament, especially those who missed out first time around.
More tickets placed on sale for Cricket World Cup
Disabled Supporters Within the allocation, we have received 19 pairs of wheelchair and personal assistant tickets. Ambulant and personal assistant tickets are also available.
Ticket details for trip to Fulham
Virtual Ticket 4.0 enables organizations and workgroups an easy way to centralize, manage and use production information by providing a rich set of integrated electronic document, workflow and digital asset management tools.
METACOMMUNICATIONS LAUNCHES VIRTUAL TICKET 4.0
Redemption of voucher for ticket: On redemption, T debits the "travel voucher liability" account by the amount previously credited and credits its "air traffic liability" account in the same amount.
Airline costs allocable to vouchers issued are not deductible until vouchers are redeemed for tickets. (Expenses)
even exchange A transaction that results when a new ticket is issued in exchange for an original ticket and the total value of each ticket is the same.
Chapter 8 Ticket exchanges
Those buying tickets over the counter must also produce their season ticket book.
Ticket frenzy
Taveras told reporters the partner of the officer who ticketed him offered some consoling words: "It's not a big deal.
That's the ticket: summer of summonses
Continental will eliminate paper tickets entirely by the end of this year, including interline tickets.
AIRLINE NEWS
Season ticket holders will be able to take advantage of the "Kids for a Quid" promotion on production of Voucher P from the Season Ticket book AND the voucher printed here.
FOOTBALL: See Sky Blues v Gillingham for pounds 10 PLUS kids go for a quid!
The ticket issuer makes no warranties or representations as to the state of existence implied by the term Heaven or the duration, permanence, and conditions thereof....
Get your ticket to heaven. (Catholic tastes)
According to details out of 107 registered political parties 59 parties have not issued ticket to any woman aspirant whereas 48 political parties in all have issued 304 women tickets for general seats.
ECP issues details of tickets by political parties for women general seats
An i-Ticket is a paper ticket bought through IRCTC website and is the same ticket as one can get from a railway reservation counter.
i-Ticket services discontinued through IRCTC ticketing site