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ticket inspector

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person who checks that passengers on public transport (such as trains or buses) have valid tickets for their journey and, in some systems, to mark or scan those tickets so they cannot be reused.

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Examples

“This was the first long train⟳ journey I ever took, and the details remain⟳ in my memory as sharply as if they had taken place⟳ last⟳ week. Hopping on the Circle Line to King's Cross, boarding the compartmentalised train⟳, the kindly ticket inspectors, and every station where the Grimsby express⟳ stopped (in those days it didn't go through to Cleethorpes).”

CEFR level

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

ticket machine ticket of leave ticket of occupation ticket office ticket point mileage ticket porter

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