\Tick"et\, n. [F. ['e]tiquette 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.]
Note: 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.]