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A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Volunteers are provided with a meal ticket for every four hours of service.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bread ticket
Antonyms: none provided
Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I don't enjoy this job, but it is my meal ticket.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bread ticket
Antonyms: none provided
coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: luncheon voucher
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coupon, voucher
a source of income or livelihood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
տալոն
(talon)
— a voucher for food
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Finnish:
ruokalipuke
— a voucher for food
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French:
ticket-restaurant
— a voucher for food
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French:
ticket-repas
— a voucher for food
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French:
bon
— a voucher for food
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French:
ticket
— a voucher for food
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French:
coupon
— a voucher for food
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Italian:
tagliando
— a voucher for food
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Japanese:
食券
(shokken)
— a voucher for food
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Norwegian:
matbong
— a voucher for food
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Polish:
talon na posiłek
— a voucher for food
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Russian:
ка́рточка
(kártočka)
— a voucher for food
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Russian:
тало́н m на пита́ние
(talón)
— a voucher for food
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Spanish:
vale
— a voucher for food
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Spanish:
cupón
— a voucher for food
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Spanish:
harina de billetes
— a voucher for food
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Finnish:
leipä
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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French:
gagne-pain
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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French:
gogo
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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French:
pigeon
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Italian:
gonzo
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Italian:
pollo
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Korean:
밥줄
(bapjul)
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Polish:
źródło utrzymania
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Russian:
корми́лец
(kormílec)
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Spanish:
primo
— an exploited source of income or livelihood
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Turkish:
ekmek parası
— an exploited source of income or livelihood