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ticketed

ticketed

2.9
Only people with a pass can enter or take part
  • adjective
  • /ˈtɪkɪtɪd/
translation icon : con boleto
  • The museum has several ticketed exhibitions that require advance reservations.

Examples

  • Participants were told to use the TDDS and then travel to a specific destination in Penn Station: the Long Island Rail Road Ticketed Customer Waiting Room.

    Academic text (1997)
  • This is a live ticketed event that will be very mythical, but also for mature audiences only.

  • To attend the concert, you must purchase a ticket, as it is a ticketed event.

  • She was excited to enter the ticketed area of the amusement park, where only paying guests are allowed.

Antonyms

1 4.0

Not having a valid ticket when traveling or entering a place

How Ticketed

ticketed
2.9

Surface Forms

ticketed positive

Morphology

ticketed = ticket (transparent) = ticket + ed

The adjective is a regular -ed form meaning 'having or requiring a ticket', directly derived from 'ticket'.

Etymology

The word ticketed comes from ticket, which originally meant a 'small piece of paper' or label used as a pass or note. So a ticketed event or place is one where you must have that small paper to enter.