Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ticket collector

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables: tick-et -col-lec-tor
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who checks that passengers on a train etc have a valid ticket, and marks or clips it so that it cannot be used again.

Example Sentences

"This left Crewe on time, but was stopped at Stafford, after which we discovered we were being diverted from the Trent Valley main line to the Birmingham line. The ticket collector then appeared and informed passengers that there had been a derailment at Shilton and that we might expect to be 45min late on arrival."

Inflected Forms

ticket collectors (plural)

Synonyms

conductor ticket inspector ticket taker

Questions

What does ticket collector mean?: A person who checks that passengers on a train etc have a valid ticket, and marks or clips it so that it cannot be used again.

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