meal ticket

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Welfaremeal ticketˈmeal ˌticket noun [countable] 1 informalDEPEND ON/RELY ON something or someone that you depend on to give you money or food There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.2 PEWa card that you buy and then use to get meals at school or work, or at a special event The meal ticket is $15 and includes three meals with beverages.Examples from the Corpusmeal ticket• It's amazing what some men will do for a meal ticket.• There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.• It only became a moot point because David was a meal ticket for so many people.• For much of Pennington's working life, Shakespeare has been his mission and his meal ticket.• My M.B.A. has not been the meal ticket I had hoped.

单词	meal ticket
释义	meal ticket From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Welfaremeal ticketˈmeal ˌticket noun [countable] 1 informalDEPEND ON/RELY ON something or someone that you depend on to give you money or food There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.2 PEWa card that you buy and then use to get meals at school or work, or at a special event The meal ticket is $15 and includes three meals with beverages.Examples from the Corpusmeal ticket• It's amazing what some men will do for a meal ticket.• There were times when he suspected he was just a meal ticket to her.• It only became a moot point because David was a meal ticket for so many people.• For much of Pennington's working life, Shakespeare has been his mission and his meal ticket.• My M.B.A. has not been the meal ticket I had hoped.
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