the ticket

noun

informal + somewhat old-fashioned

: the correct or most desirable thing : the thing that is needed or wanted

Compromise, now that's the ticket.

—often used in the phrase just the ticket

For a romantic dinner, candles are just the ticket.

Examples of the ticket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before this new arrangement, season ticket holders could share their pass with friends and family through the ticket share mechanism using a customer reference number, which could be obtained free of charge. —Elias Burke, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025

For the first time in its history, more than half of the ticket holders in attendance at last season’s New Zealand Championships in March were female, a trend that has held steady this season. —Harriet Taylor, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025

The man got the ticket at a gas station in Baltimore County, lottery officials said. —Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025

The Minnesota congresswoman was re-elected to her fourth term by a double-digit margin last November, scoring her biggest victory yet and outperforming Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket. —Charlotte Alter, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for the ticket

• chicot
• cricket
• picket
• picot
• thicket
• wicket