stub
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4.4
- noun
- /stʌb/
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talón
- I also found a frayed yellow stub for a ticket for the metro.
- a ticket stub
- a pay stub
Obviously you've got your pay stub so you know what's coming.
- Obviously you've got your pay stub so you know what's coming.
- Like you tell me like, where are my pay stubs?
- If you based on his, based on his current track record or or his year to date of his pay stub, he made him just enough money.
Examples
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Make sure that your ticket stub has safe house on it.
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Tomorrow night bring your ticket stubs back for 25% off.
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Please retain your stub, sir.
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"My mother has her ticket stub from when she saw you in '67.
Blog text (14) -
Show your ticket stub to the ushers.
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Where are the ticket stubs?
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The day riders all have ticket stubs in the back of their seats.
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Carl discovers some old ticket stubs in another of Sam's jackets.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lois Dozier Norvell's ticket stub from the Shubert Theatre, A-1690-22.
Academic text (2011) -
Make sure to keep your stub after you buy the tickets as proof of purchase.
Synonyms
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A small piece you keep from a ticket after you enter to show proof
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4.4
A small paper record you keep after you tear off a check showing the payment
A small part of a ticket or check that you keep as proof
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stub comes from an old English word stubb meaning 'tree stump' or a short piece left after cutting, so a ticket stub is the small part you keep as proof after the main ticket is removed.