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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: -- [ 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 ]

☞ 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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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