bursectomy (iou) and ticket (iou)

bursectomy (iou)

bursectomy noun. E20.
[from BURSA: see -ECTOMY.]
Surgical removal or (hormonal) destruction of a bird's bursa of Fabricius, esp. in immunological research; an instance of this.
bur'sectomize verb trans. perform bursectomy on E20.

ticket (iou)

ticket noun & verb. E16.
[Aphet. from French etiquet from Old French estiquet(te, from estiquier, estichier, estechier fix, stick from Middle Dutch steken: see -ET1. Cf. Etiquette.]
A. noun.
A short written document; a memorandum, a note. obsolete in gen. sense. E16.
b. spec. A smelter's written tender for ore. local. L18.
c. Stock Exchange. A document listing investors who have bought Stocks or shares in the period up to the last account day. L19.
d. An official documentary notification of an offence against traffic regulations; spec. a parking ticket. Orig. US. M20.
S. Bellow 'I'll park here.., ' said Emil. 'They can give me a ticket if they like.' C. Dexter The penalty fixed for the traffic offence detailed on the ticket.
A certificate; a warrant, a licence, a permit. Now rare in gen. sense. E16.
b. spec. A pay-warrant; a certificate of discharge from service, prison, the army, etc., esp. one certifying an amount of pay due. L16.
c. Hist. = TICKET OF LEAVE. E19.
d. spec. A certificate of qualification as a pilot, ship's master, etc. L19.
R. Huntford He had his Master's ticket; but he was still the frustrated naval officer.
Orig., a notice posted in a public place. Now, a label attached to an object and giving its name, price, or Other details. M16.
Thackeray The ticket in the window..announced 'Apartments to Let.' J. Fowles On each article stood the white ticket that announced its price.
a. An acknowledgement of indebtedness; a promise to pay, esp. a promissory note; a note of money or goods received on credit; a debit account, a bill. L16-L18.
b. ellipt. A pawn-ticket. M19.
A written or printed piece of paper, card, etc., making the holder entitled to enter a place, watch or take part in an event, Travel to a destination (esp. by public transport), use a public amenity, eat a meal, etc., or eligible for a prize in a Lottery etc. M17.
air ticket, bus ticket, Lottery ticket, luncheon ticket, railway ticket, theatre-ticket. attrib.: ticket-agent, ticket booth, ticket-clerk, ticket-holder, ticket inspector, ticket money, ticket-pocket, ticket stub, etc. fig.: Modern Maturity For many children in poor neighborhoods, drugs are seen as the only ticket out of poverty.
P. P. Read He went into the station..and bought a..ticket. A. Brookner He..presented his reader's ticket, and sat down at one of the desks.
b. A (counterfeit) pass or passport. slang. M20.
A visiting-card. Also visiting ticket. obsolete exc. dial. L17.
Politics. A list of candidates for election put forward by a party, faction, etc. Also, the policies and principles of a party, an election platform. Orig. & chiefly US. E18.
Sunday Times The two landslide victories he won on tickets of national pride and individual Self-Help. Raritan His abortive presidential campaign on the Progressive Party ticket.
The thing that is correct, needed, wanted, expected, etc.; the plan of action. colloq. M19.
F. Marryat 'What's the ticket, youngsterare you to go abroad with me?' D. Lodge No intention of dying yet...Living for ever is more the ticket.
Phrases etc.: big-ticket: see BIG adjective. clean ticket US (the complete list of) all the official candidates of a political party. have tickets on oneself Austral. colloq. be vain or conceited. like a PAKAPOO ticket. on ticket, on the ticket on credit, on trust (cf. TICK noun4). return ticket: see RETURN noun 1b. round-trip ticket: see ROUND adjective. split the ticket: see SPLIT verb. straight ticket: see STRAIGHT adjective1. TICKET OF LEAVE. visiting ticket: see sense 6 above. work one's ticket contrive to obtain one's discharge from prison, the army, etc. write one's own ticket colloq. dictate one's own terms.
Comb.: ticket barrier the point at a railway station, Sports stadium, etc., beyond which one cannot proceed without a ticket; ticket benefit an Entertainment for which special tickets are sold, the proceeds going to a particular person, cause, etc.; ticket chopper US (a person in charge of) a machine which mutilates used tickets; ticket-collector an official who collects the tickets of passengers, spectators, etc., as or after they are used; ticket-day Stock Exchange the day before settling day, when a list of recent purchasers is given to stockbrokers (see sense 1c above); ticket fine: imposed on a motorist by the issuing of a ticket rather than by prosecution in court (see sense 1d above); ticket office an office or kiosk where tickets for transport, Entertainment, etc., are sold; ticket-porter Hist. a member of a body of licensed street-porters in the City of London (opp. TACKLE-HOUSE porter); ticket-scalper US slang = SCALPER noun2 2a, b; ticket-splitter US a person who votes for candidates of more than one party in an election; ticket-splitting US the practice of voting for candidates of more than one party in an election; ticket tout: see TOUT noun1 3b.
b. verb.
I. verb trans.
a. Attach a ticket to; mark with a ticket, label. E16.
b. fig. Describe or designate as by a ticket; characterize or categorize (as). M17.
Burlington Magazine Having ticketed his style, they had no interest in its manifestations. E. Hemingway I suppose..I am ticketed as a Red..and will be on the General blacklist.
c. Attach a parking ticket to (a vehicle); serve (a person) with a ticket for a traffic or Other offence. Orig. US. M20.
R. Ballantine Cyclists have been ticketed for causing an obstruction.
Issue (a person) with a ticket for Travel. N. Amer. M19.
II. verb intrans.
Make a written tender for tin or copper ore. Cf. sense A.1b above. local. L18.
ticketed ppl adjective marked with or bearing a ticket or tickets E17.
ticketer noun (rare) a person who has a ticket L18.
ticketless adjective M19.

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