MEAL TICKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meal ticket mean? 

• MEAL TICKET (noun)
  The noun MEAL TICKET has 2 senses:

1. a source of income or livelihood

2. coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal

  Familiarity information: MEAL TICKET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEAL TICKET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A source of income or livelihood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("meal ticket" is a kind of...):

bread and butter; keep; livelihood; living; support; sustenance (the financial means whereby one lives)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

luncheon voucher; meal ticket

Hypernyms ("meal ticket" is a kind of...):

coupon; voucher (a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed)