Meanings
plural season tickets
- A ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series of related events for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed.
- A ticket that is valid for multiple rides (limited by number of rides and/or time of travel) by public transit for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed.
Rail fares rose above inflation by an average of 2.8% in January 2019, compared with a 2.5% rise in the Retail Price Index. But season tickets continued to decline in popularity - they now account for 20.6% of ticket revenue.
2020 January 2, “Upturn in train punctuality and in freight's fortunes”, in RAIL, page 132 more examples
One of them ended its career as a passenger carrying vehicle in 1907, by freezing in Kemp Town Tunnel, to the discomfiture of some important season ticket holders, who did not hesitate to let the directors know what they thought about the incident.
1952 April, “Notes and News: Petrol Railcars on the L.B.S.C.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 279But while the decline in season ticket sales as a proportion of fares income has continued, commuting has by no means died. Instead, people are working more flexibly. Therefore, a monthly or annual season ticket is not worthwhile.
2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 57Synonyms: multi-pass ticket
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ticket that is valid for multiple rides (limited by number of rides and/or time of travel) by public transit for which individual tickets would otherwise be needed.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna ticket good for several trips or to attend a season of entertainments; sold at a reduced rate
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 季票
- 季票 (jìpiào)ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
Danish sæsonkort
- sæsonkortticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
Finnish kausilippu
- kausilipputicket that is valid for all of the events in a series
French abonnement
- abonnementticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
German Saisonkarte, Abonnement
- Saisonkarteticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- Abonnementticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- Zeitkartepublic-transit ticket for multiple rides
Greek εισιτήριο διαρκείας
- εισιτήριο διαρκείας (eisitírio diarkeías)ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
Hungarian bérlet, bérlet
- bérletticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- bérletpublic-transit ticket for multiple rides
Japanese 定期券, 定期乗車券
- 定期券 (teikiken)ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- 定期乗車券 (teiki jōshaken)ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
Norwegian Bokmål sesongkort
- sesongkortticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
Russian абонеме́нт, сезо́нный биле́т
- абонеме́нт (abonemént)ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- сезо́нный биле́т (sezónnyj bilét)ticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- проездно́й биле́т (projezdnój bilét)public-transit ticket for multiple rides
- сезо́нный биле́т (sezónnyj bilét)public-transit ticket for multiple rides
- проездно́й (projezdnój)public-transit ticket for multiple rides
Spanish abono de temporada
- abono de temporadaticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
Welsh tocyn tymor, tocyn tymor
- tocyn tymorticket that is valid for all of the events in a series
- tocyn tymorpublic-transit ticket for multiple rides
Cite this entry
season ticket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/season%20ticket
“season ticket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/season%20ticket. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “season ticket,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/season%20ticket.
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