soup-ticket

A man hands a soup-ticket to a volunteer at a community kitchen.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A ticket for receiving soup: "soup-ticket" refers to a voucher or ticket that entitles the holder to receive a serving of soup, typically distributed as part of charitable food relief.

Usage Examples

• (A ticket for receiving soup.)
• (He used the voucher to obtain soup.)

Advanced Usage

• "to have a soup-ticket": to possess a voucher for charitable food.

  • After waiting in line, she finally had a soup-ticket for the evening meal. (She had the entitlement to receive soup.)

• "soup-ticket system": a method of distributing food aid through vouchers.

  • The soup-ticket system ensured that only those registered could receive meals. (The voucher-based system controlled distribution.)

Variants and Related Words

• Soup kitchen (n): a place where free food, especially soup, is served to the poor.
  • The soup kitchen served hundreds of meals daily. (A charitable food facility.)
• Ticket (n): a piece of paper or card that gives the holder a right, especially to enter a place, travel, or receive a service.
  • He bought a ticket for the concert. (A pass for entry.)

Synonyms

• Voucher: a piece of paper that can be exchanged for goods or services.
• Food stamp: a government-issued coupon for purchasing food (though typically not specific to soup).

Phrasal Verbs

• Ticket off: to mark or list items using tickets (rare).
  • The volunteers ticketed off each soup-ticket as it was collected. (They recorded the vouchers.)

Related Idioms

• "A ticket to ride": something that provides an opportunity or means to achieve something.
  • His education was his ticket to a better life. (It was his means of advancement.)
• "Not worth a ticket": of little or no value.
  • That old voucher is not worth a ticket anymore. (It has no value.)