Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ticket

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle French etiquet, estiquette note attached to something indicating its contents, from Middle French dialect (Picard) estiquier to attach, from Middle Dutch steken to stick; akin to Old High German sticken to prick — more at stick  Date: 1529  1.  a. a document that serves as a certificate, license, or permit; especially a mariner's or airman's certificate  b. tag, label  2.  a. a certificate or token showing that a fare or admission fee has been paid  b. a means of access or passage education is the ~ to a good job  3. a list of candidates for nomination or election ; slate  4. the correct or desirable thing cooperation, that's the ~ — K. E. Trombley  5. a slip or card recording a transaction or undertaking or giving instructions a savings deposit ~  6. a summons or warning issued to a traffic-law violator  • ~less adjective  II. transitive verb  Date: 1611  1. to attach a ~ to ; label; also designate  2. to furnish or serve with a ~ ~ed for illegal parking