Ticket

Ticket

1) Voucher authorizing travel - usually in the form of a small slip of paper printed with details of the carrier and the journey (date, starting point, destination, route, fare paid, etc) and showing key conditions under which it is issued (ie the carrier's conditions of carriage).

Invariably paid for in advance in the case of train travel or on-board in the case of bus/ tram travel, but not always - some train tickets are sold on-board and some bus tickets are purchased in advance.

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.245-246 (288 p.)