ticket inspection

English

Etymology

ticket + inspection

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɪkɪt ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɪkət ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

ticket inspection (countable and uncountable, plural ticket inspections)

  1. The act of inspecting a passenger's ticket (especially on a train or bus) with the intent of disallowing the passenger to ride for free.
    • 2016 April 12, Tom Chesshyre, Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys, Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW, →ISBN:
      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.
  1. ticket inspector

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