ticketless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English ticket Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English ticketless From ticket + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a person) Without a ticket or tickets. ▸ Who does not have a ticket.
It has been estimated officially that every year the Indian Railways lose about £2 million from ticketless travel; but probably the real loss is even more than this.
1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 778:But it is still disheartening and frustrating that the rail industry has such a nonchalant approach to ticket examination and potential ticketless/fraudulent travel.
2021 November 17, “Open Access: Lack of ticket checks”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64:
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(not-comparable, of a system) Without a ticket or tickets. ▸ That does not use tickets.
It's likely that ticket offices will also be closed, as ticketless travel comes in. (The barriers will effectively pickpocket you, by debiting the bank card in your wallet rather than your proffered Oyster [Card].)
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 277, 279:
Deriveds
Translations (14)
pl bezbiletowy (who does not have a ticket) · uk безквитко́вий (that does not use tickets) · de fahrkartenlos (who does not have a ticket) · ru безбиле́тный (who does not have a ticket) · uk безквитко́вий (who does not have a ticket) · be безбіле́тны (who does not have a ticket) · hy անտոմս (who does not have a ticket) · ru безбиле́тный (that does not use tickets) · uk безбіле́тний (who does not have a ticket) · be безбіле́тны (that does not use tickets) · de fahrscheinlos (who does not have a ticket) · hy անտոմս (that does not use tickets) · pl bezbiletowy (that does not use tickets) · uk безбіле́тний (that does not use tickets)