to issue a ticket
2
3.1
- phrasal verb
- Formal
:
multar
- During the inspection, the officer decided to issue a ticket for the broken tail light on the vehicle.
- issued a speeding ticket
- issued a warning ticket
- issued a ticket for violating
Examples
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RIA Novosti is reporting that a Russian man who was issued a traffic ticket after having a minor accident tried to use the Mayan predicted end of the world to get out of paying the ticket.
Blog text (5) -
I'm issuing you a ticket.
Fiction book (1997) -
But they manage to use the same CCTV on the same road to record parking violations and issue tickets without any problem.
Blog text (28) -
I'll note this cannot happen when a police officer makes a lawful traffic stop and issues a ticket.
Blog text (1) -
The police officer approached the car and issued Nyoka a ticket for going 56 mph in a 35 mph zone.
Blog text (23) -
Marijuana was seized, and a woman was issued a ticket for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana.
Blog text (28) -
When it comes down to it, the NYPD has every right to issue a ticket to any civilian for the slightest infraction like jaywalking (and I saw it happen), but no one can walk up to them and say, "Pretty please with sugar on top, don't park like this," because they simply won't do it.
Blog text (32) -
Police officers issue a ticket to drivers who are parked illegally to enforce parking regulations.
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If a student is caught cheating on an exam, the school may issue a ticket as a disciplinary action.
Synonyms
107
3.4
Make someone pay money as punishment for breaking a law or rule
12
4.1
To give someone an official notice that orders them to pay a fine for breaking a traffic rule
1
3.8
Officially order someone to pay money as punishment for breaking a rule
Antonyms
How Punitive
354
6.1
- Formal
933
4.2
321
2.8
- Formal
2
3.1
- Informal
1
7.9
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'issue' (to give or distribute) plus 'ticket' (a formal notice or slip) yields a readily inferable general meaning of 'to give or create a ticket', so learners who know the words can guess a basic sense. However, the specific IT/customer-support sense—logging an electronic record in a tracking system—is domain-specific and not fully predictable from the constituents, so prior exposure is typically needed.
Etymology
Issue a ticket comes from police and parking officers who hand someone a small paper called a ticket as proof of a 'fine' or 'penalty'. The officer 'issues' the paper by writing and giving it, so the phrase means to give an official notice.