(UK, transport) A charge made on the vehicles of road users who enter a designated zone where traffic congestion can occur, in order to discourage this congestion, typically in the centre of a large city such as London.
(travel, dated) A multi-sector airline ticket, issued for travel from a place that the passenger does not intend to fly from, in order to get a lower fare.
(travel) A fare for travel by land, air, or water which is less expensive than the regular fare, and which usually depends on special conditions, such as round-trip travel, payment in advance, or restrictions in duration of stay.
A system used for regulating parking, in which the customer purchases a ticket from a machine and displays it on the dashboard or window of the vehicle.
Describing a car park in which the motorist obtains a ticket (for a specified period) from a coin-operated machine and displays it in the car so it can be checked by a parking attendant.
(travel, UK, Ireland, dated) A package holiday rate without confirmed accommodation reservations, or using a dummy reservation, enabling the tour operator to sell charter airline seats in competition with the airlines.
A public event such as a ballgame, parade, or festival that requires transportation planning, especially including roadway closure, and often a city permit in consequence.
(chiefly public transport) To hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface, in order to confirm the end of use or one's exit from the vehicle.
To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.
Alternative spelling of through-ticketing [(Britain) a system in which a traveller using multiple railway company networks can purchase a single ticket for the entire journey]
Alternative form of ticket stamping machine [(travel) An automatic machine that makes the ticket valid by stamping it with the location information and the timestamp.]
(countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
A contactless smart card, used by Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), an operator of mass transit in Chicago. A Ventra card can be loaded with either money or a ride pass, good for unlimited rides (e.g. a 30-day pass).
a ticket barrier at a rail station, box office at a cinema, etc.
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