Tick"et (?), n. [F. étiquette 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: --
(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.]
&fist; 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.]
Tick"et, v. t. [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.]
Tick"et (?), n. [F. étiquette 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: --
(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.]
&fist; 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.]
Tick"et, v. t. [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.]
