ticket inspection
UK/ˈtɪkɪt ɪnˈspɛkʃən/US/ˈtɪkət ɪnˈspɛkʃən/
ticket inspection noun: 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.
Noun
ticket inspection (countable and uncountable, plural ticket inspections)
- 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.
- 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
Forms of ticket inspection
| plural | ticket inspections |
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Origin of ticket inspection
From ticket + inspection.
Words that rhyme with ticket inspection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
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- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- rejection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about ticket inspection
- What does ticket inspection mean?
- Ticket inspection means 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.
- What part of speech is ticket inspection?
- Ticket inspection is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ticket inspection?
- Ticket inspection is pronounced /ˈtɪkɪt ɪnˈspɛkʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ticket inspection?
- The plural of ticket inspection is ticket inspections.
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