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# ticket

noun (ticket, tickets)

«ticket» in the English dictionary: everyday and Meaning — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A ticket is a small paper or card that shows you paid to ride, watch a show or go in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#m1)
2. A ticket is a paper with a number for a raffle or lottery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#m2)
3. A parking or speeding ticket is a paper telling a driver to pay a fine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#m3)
4. A ticket in a shop or queue shows your turn or price. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#m4)

### In the lessons

Maths: a thing bought and sold at a price; tickets per person, money from tickets: cost = number of tickets × price; adult and child prices. Everyday: bus ticket, train ticket, cinema ticket, return ticket, ticket office, raffle ticket.

### Examples

- A ticket costs 8 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x1)
- They sold 120 tickets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x2)
- An adult ticket costs 10 dollars and a child ticket 5. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x3)
- How much do 4 tickets cost? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x4)
- Keep your ticket until the end of the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x5)
- Dad got a parking ticket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x6)
- We bought raffle tickets for the school fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x7)
- Show your ticket at the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x8)
- She could never have the heart, he thought, to send him a ticket to go and see it, if it had been real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a ticket, tickets. Cost = number of tickets × price; tickets = money ÷ price. Trap: when adult and child prices differ, multiply each group by its own price before adding.

## Meaning

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ticket» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/ticket/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ticket» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ticket.html) on Mova free.