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meal ticket
meal ticketn.1. A card or ticket entitling the holder to a meal or meals.2. Informal A person or thing depended on as a source of financial support.meal ticket n slang a person, situation, etc, providing a source of livelihood or income [from original US sense of ticket entitling holder to a meal]meal′ tick`et
n. 1. a ticket that entitles the bearer to meals. 2. someone or something necessary for one's livelihood. [1865–70] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  meal ticket - a source of income or livelihood colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechbread and butter, keep, livelihood, sustenance, living, support - the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" | | 2. |  meal ticket - coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a mealluncheon vouchercoupon, voucher - a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed |
Translationsmeal ticket
meal ticketA person or thing used to provide permanent financial income. This new business was supposed to be my meal ticket, but it's costing me more money than I'm making. I'm a model, so my face is my meal ticket, and I can't afford to have a blemish!See also: meal, ticketmeal ticketA person or thing depended on as a source of income, as in Magic Johnson was a real meal ticket for his team, or Her interpersonal skills will be her meal ticket when she goes into sales. This metaphoric expression alludes to the earlier practice of handing out tickets that entitle their holder to a meal. [Early 1900s] See also: meal, ticketa meal ticket If you describe something or someone as a meal ticket, you mean that they are a way of getting all the money that you need throughout your life. A degree has never been a meal ticket, but the recession is making life for graduates tougher than ever. He was wealthy. I think she saw him as a life-long meal ticket.See also: meal, ticketa ˈmeal ticket (informal) a person or thing that you see only as a source of money and food: He suspected that he was just a meal ticket for her. ♢ I hoped the guitar would become my meal ticket.See also: meal, ticketmeal ticketA source of financial support, particularly from one of the opposite sex. This transfer from a literal ticket that entitles one to a meal in a restaurant or other facility took place around 1900. At first it was used mainly for a sugar daddy, but in time it was broadened. Thus on May 22, 1949, the New York Times had it, “Man and Superman [the play] . . . is the title of [actor] Maurice Evans’ current meal ticket.”See also: meal, ticketFinancialSeemt/secmeal ticket
Synonyms for meal ticketnoun a source of income or livelihoodRelated Words- colloquialism
- bread and butter
- keep
- livelihood
- sustenance
- living
- support
noun coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a mealSynonymsRelated Words |