ban vs ticket

ban

noun
  • Prohibition. 

  • A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu. 

  • A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit. 

  • A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu. 

  • The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word. 

  • A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms. 

  • A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century. 

  • A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes. 

verb
  • To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation. 

  • To curse; to utter curses or maledictions. 

  • To curse; to execrate. 

  • To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban. 

ticket

noun
  • A warrant. 

  • A solution to a problem; something that is needed. 

  • A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member. 

  • A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc. 

  • A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto. 

  • A permit to operate a machine on a construction site. 

  • A citation for a traffic violation. 

  • A label affixed to goods to show their price or description. 

  • A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation 

  • A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related). 

  • A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc. 

verb
  • To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law. 

  • To mark with a ticket. 

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