ticket English · revision 4419

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1528|origins=frk *stikkan}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtɪk.ɪt/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|etiquet|t=label, note]], estiquet, with loss of the first syllable,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(SOED 2002) from [[fro|estiquette|t=a note, label]], especially one fixed to a gate or wall as a public notice,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) literally “something stuck on”,^(Etymonline) from estiquier “to fix, stick on”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from Middle Dutch steken “to stick”^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) or Frankish *stikkan,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) related to Old English stician, the source of [[stick]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) The same French word, borrowed again in the 18th century, gave [[etiquette]].^(AHD)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A short written note or document, a memorandum: 1528 in the OED and Barnhart,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) the 1520s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A certificate, licence or permit is from 1529,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) and a notice posted in a public place from 1567.^(OED 1989) The sense of a card or slip that gives its holder a right, as of admission or travel, is first recorded in 1673,^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD) the 1670s in Etymonline, and probably grew out of the sense of a certificate or permit.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) In American English the list of a party's candidates for election has been called a ticket since 1711.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) Slang ''the ticket'', the correct thing, is from 1838,^(Etymonline) perhaps from the notion of a winning lottery ticket.^(Etymonline) An official notice of an offence, especially a traffic offence, is from 1930,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and a ''big-ticket item'', something expensive, from 1953 in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) The verb, to put a ticket on, is from 1611;^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) issuing a travel ticket is from 1842, and issuing a parking ticket dates from 1955.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1528 – a short written note.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1529 – a certificate, permit.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1567 – a public notice.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1611 – verb, to label.^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1673 – a ticket of admission.^(Barnhart 1988)^(AHD)

+ * 1711 – a list of candidates.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1838 – ''the ticket''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1842 – verb, to issue a travel ticket.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1930 – a notice of an offence.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1955 – to issue a parking ticket to.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A slip of paper or card showing that the holder has paid for or is entitled to a service, such as travel or [[admission]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A [[certificate]] or [[licence]], especially a captain's or pilot's.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A tag or [[label]] on goods, giving the price or other details.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The list of a party's [[candidate]]s for election.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # An official notice of a traffic or parking offence.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # ''(informal)'' The correct or desirable thing: ''just the ticket''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To give a ticket to, for travel or admission.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To attach a ticket or label to.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # To intend for a particular end or use.^(AHD)

+ # To serve with a notice of an offence: ''ticketed for illegal parking''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ticketless]]

+ * [[unticketed]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[etiquette]]

+ * [[stick]]

+ * [[ticketing]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ The American Heritage notes that ticket and etiquette both go back to Old French estiquet, but were borrowed at different times with different meanings: ticket in 1528 in the senses “note, notice, certificate”, and etiquette, after the French word had come to mean court ceremonial, in 1750.^(AHD)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}