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Meaning of meal ticket | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A ticket or voucher that can be exchanged for food.
  2. Someone or something that provides income or livelihood, especially as an exploited source.
    idiomatic

Equivalents

Español cupón harina de billetes primo vale
Suomi leipä
Français bon coupon gagne-pain gogo pigeon ticket ticket-repas ticket-restaurant
Italiano gonzo pollo tagliando
日本語 食券
한국어 밥줄
Kurdî vale
Русский карточка кормилец тало́н m на пита́ние
Svenska födkrok
Türkçe ekmek parası yemlik

Examples

“Volunteers are provided with a meal ticket for every four hours of service.”
“I don't enjoy this job, but it is my meal ticket.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

meal voucher meal-poke mealbag mealbeetle meale mealer

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