Meanings
nounticket inspection (countable and uncountable, plural ticket inspections)
plural ticket inspections
- countableuncountableThe act of inspecting a passenger's ticket (especially on a train or bus) with the intent of disallowing the passenger to ride for free.
Apparently I must wait in my cabin for a ticket inspection by a guard before I can go anywhere. Then she asks, 'Tea? Coffee?' Beer, I suppose, can wait, so I say, 'Dah, spasiba. Tea.' She replies, 'Meee-ilk?' 'Dah.
2016 April 12, Tom Chesshyre, Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys, Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
German Fahrkartenkontrolle
- Fahrkartenkontrolleinspection of a passenger's ticket
Japanese 検札
- 検札 (kensatsu)inspection of a passenger's ticket
Polish kontrola biletów
- kontrola biletówinspection of a passenger's ticket
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ticket inspection
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APA
ticket inspection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ticket%20inspection
MLA
“ticket inspection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ticket%20inspection. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ticket inspection,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ticket%20inspection.
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