ticket

ticket, co-payment

noun TEEK-ket Rare

Origin: Borrowed from English 'ticket'.

Also means

label, tag

Usage Note

Ticket in Italian primarily refers to the co-payment required for public healthcare services (pagare il ticket), a usage specific to the Italian NHS system. It is also used for transport or event tickets, though biglietto is more common in those contexts. Being an invariable foreign loanword, its plural is also ticket.

Examples

"Ho pagato il ticket per la visita medica."

Natural Translation

I paid the co-payment for the medical appointment.

Literal Translation

I-have paid the ticket for the visit medical.

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