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Definition 2024

meal_ticket

meal ticket

English

Noun

meal ticket ‎(plural meal tickets)

A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food.
Volunteers are provided with a meal ticket for every four hours of service.
(idiomatic) Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.
I don't enjoy this job, but it is my meal ticket.

Translations

a voucher for food

Armenian: տալոն (hy) ‎(talon)
Esperanto:
Finnish: ruokalipuke
French: ticket-restaurant (fr), ticket-repas m, bon (fr), ticket (fr), coupon (fr)
Italian: tagliando (it)

Japanese: 食券 ‎(shokken)
Norwegian: matbong m
Russian: ка́рточка (ru) f ‎(kártočka), тало́н (ru) m ‎(talón) на пита́ние (ru) ‎(pitánije)
Spanish: vale (es), cupón (es), harina de billetes

an exploited source of income or livelihood

Finnish: leipä (fi)
French: gagne-pain (fr) m, poire pour la soif, poire (fr), roue de secours (fr), gogo (fr), pigeon (fr)
Italian: gonzo (it), pollo (it)

Russian: корми́лец (ru) m ‎(kormílec)
Spanish: primo (es)
Turkish: ekmek parası (tr)

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