ticketless

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adjective

Who does not have a ticket.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English ticket →
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Meanings

adjectiveticketless (not comparable)
  1. Without a ticket or tickets.
    1. not comparableWho does not have a ticket.

      But it is still disheartening and frustrating that the rail industry has such a nonchalant approach to ticket examination and potential ticketless/fraudulent travel.

      2021 November 17, “Open Access: Lack of ticket checks”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64
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      It has been estimated officially that every year the Indian Railways lose about £2 million from ticketless travel; but probably the real loss is even more than this.

      1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 778
    2. not comparableThat does not use tickets.

      It's likely that ticket offices will also be closed, as ticketless travel comes in. (The barriers will effectively pickpocket you, by debiting the bank card in your wallet rather than your proffered Oyster [Card].)

      2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 277, 279

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*stegʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*stogʰō?
  3. Proto-Germanic*stakô
  4. Old Frenchestache
  5. Old Frenchestachier
  6. Middle Frenchestacher
  7. Middle Frenchestiquier
  8. Middle Frenchestiquette f
  9. Middle Scotstikkat
  10. Englishticket
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  13. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  14. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  15. Englishticketless

From ticket + -less.

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Translations

German fahrkartenlos, fahrscheinlos
  • fahrkartenloswho does not have a ticket
  • fahrscheinloswho does not have a ticket
Polish bezbiletowy, bezbiletowy
  • bezbiletowywho does not have a ticket
  • bezbiletowythat does not use tickets
Russian безбиле́тный, безбиле́тный
  • безбиле́тный (bezbilétnyj)who does not have a ticket
  • безбиле́тный (bezbilétnyj)that does not use tickets
Ukrainian безквитко́вий, безбіле́тний
  • безквитко́вий (bezkvytkóvyj)who does not have a ticket
  • безбіле́тний (bezbilétnyj)who does not have a ticket
  • безквитко́вий (bezkvytkóvyj)that does not use tickets
  • безбіле́тний (bezbilétnyj)that does not use tickets
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APA

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Chicago

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