"meal ticket" meaning in All languages combined

See meal ticket on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-meal ticket.ogg Forms: meal tickets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} meal ticket (plural meal tickets)
  1. A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food. Synonyms: bread ticket Related terms: food stamps, free lunch, meal voucher, pay the bills Translations (a voucher for food): տալոն (talon) (Armenian), ruokalipuke (Finnish), ticket-restaurant (French), ticket-repas [masculine] (French), bon (French), ticket (French), coupon (French), tagliando (Italian), 食券 (shokken) (Japanese), matbong [masculine] (Norwegian), ка́рточка (kártočka) [feminine] (Russian), тало́н m на пита́ние (talón) (Russian), vale (Spanish), cupón (Spanish), harina de billetes (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-meal_ticket-en-noun-nae6v7fr Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'a voucher for food': 96 4
  2. (idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source. Tags: idiomatic Translations (an exploited source of income or livelihood): leipä (Finnish), gagne-pain [masculine] (French), gogo (French), pigeon (French), gonzo (Italian), pollo (Italian), 밥줄 (bapjul) (Korean), корми́лец (kormílec) [masculine] (Russian), primo (Spanish), ekmek parası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-meal_ticket-en-noun-tp7o2pvm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of 'an exploited source of income or livelihood': 5 95

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for meal ticket meaning in All languages combined (4.7kB)

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