Meanings
plural carnets
- A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
Rather than buy each ticket individually, you can buy a carnet of ten tickets for a lower price.
- lawA customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
If you plan to sell your car, of course, a carnet is the last thing you need: if the vehicle isn't correctly stamped in and out of each country you'll lose your deposit.
2003, Jim Hudgens et al., The Rough Guide to West Africa, →ISBN, page 20 - An admission pass.
Origin
- Middle Frenchquernet“group of four sheets”
- Frenchcarnet“notebook”
- Englishcarnet
From French carnet (“notebook”), from Middle French quernet (“group of four sheets”).
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Czech blok (lístků), celní doklad pro vozidlo
- blok (lístků)a ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets
- celní doklad pro vozidloa ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets
Polish karnet
- karneta ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets
Russian абонемент
- абонемент (abonement)a ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets
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carnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carnet
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