Definition of

Ticket

Ticket

A ticket can be a ticket.

Ticket is an English term that came to our language as tique , although the English form is usually used anyway. A ticket can be a ticket , a ticket , a receipt or an invoice .

For example: "Excuse me, sir, could you show me your ticket?" "I think he's in the wrong seat," "I need to find the ticket for the pants so I can change them," "I have a ticket for tonight's game but I won't be able to attend: if you want, I'll give it to you."

The ticket as proof of payment

When a person makes a purchase, they obtain a receipt as proof of the payment they made. For the seller, the issuance of the receipt also represents a record of the operation. This document, in some countries , is known as a ticket.

Suppose a man enters a bar and orders a coffee with a slice of cake. When paying for your drink, the waiter brings you a receipt detailing what you paid: $48 ( $18 for coffee and $30 for cake). The bar, when issuing the ticket, records the consumption in question, a mandatory action according to tax law.

A discount voucher

In addition to all of the above, we cannot forget the existence of what is known as a restaurant ticket , which is the name given to a discount voucher. This is a type of salary compensation in kind that companies give to their employees and that allows the latter to eat out from home without having to spend money, since it is their entities that are responsible for paying it.

It should be noted that these documents have an established maximum cost , that they can only be used on weekdays and that they are used in specific restaurants and establishments.

Flight

The plane ticket can be referred to as a ticket.

The ticket as a ticket

The ticket or passage that enables you to use a means of transportation is also known as a ticket.

A person who decides to travel by plane from Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) to Lisbon ( Portugal ) must purchase the corresponding ticket. Thus, when boarding the plane, they will ask you to show the ticket.

Event tickets

Tickets, finally, can be tickets to a show or a sporting event: "The cheapest ticket to see the final of the tournament costs eight hundred dollars."

In recent years, as a consequence of the rise in Internet use, a great change has been generated when it comes to acquiring this type of tickets, both tickets to travel by means of transport and tickets to any kind of cultural show. . By this we mean that more and more people are making the decision to purchase them through the official websites of transport companies, theaters, cinemas... It is an online sale that is gaining more and more followers because it is convenient, safe and avoids having to move to the physical center in question.

This has also led to the launch of online companies that, specifically, are dedicated to the sale of tickets like those already exposed. This would be the case, for example, of Ticketmaster . which allows you to obtain tickets for concerts, plays, dance shows, football or basketball games, music festivals and visits to monuments.