meal ticket in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for meal ticket in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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meal1 [Am mil, Brit miːl] N FOOD

meal
comida f
she has four meals a day
hace cuatro comidas al día
she has four meals a day
come cuatro veces al día
he cooked me a delicious meal
me preparó or me hizo una comida deliciosa
it's your turn to cook a meal
te toca a ti hacer la comida or hacer de comer
she never has a proper meal
nunca come como es debido or como Dios manda
I try not to eat between meals
trato de no comer nada entre horas
I've invited them over for a meal
los he invitado a comer (or a cenar)
to make a meal of sth esp Brit he really made a meal of a very simple job
se complicó mucho la vida con lo que era un trabajo muy sencillo
a short letter will do: there's no need to make a meal of it
con una carta corta alcanza: no hay por qué exagerar
the press really made a meal of his remarks on the role of women
la prensa les sacó muchísimo jugo a sus comentarios sobre el papel de las mujeres

meal2 [Am mil, Brit miːl] N U

ticket [Am ˈtɪkɪt, Brit ˈtɪkɪt] N

1. ticket:

ticket (for bus, train)
boleto m
ticket (for bus, train)
billete m Spain
ticket (for plane)
pasaje m
ticket (for plane)
billete m Spain
ticket (for theater, museum etc)
entrada f
ticket (for baggage, coat etc)
ticket m
ticket (from cleaner's, repair shop etc)
ticket m
ticket (from cleaner's, repair shop etc)
resguardo m
ticket (for lottery)
billete m
ticket (for lottery)
número m
ticket (for parking)
ticket m
pawn ticket
papeleta f de empeños
that role was his ticket to fame
ese papel fue su pasaporte a la fama
to be (just) the ticket inf, this screwdriver is just the ticket
este destornillador es justo lo que se necesita
a glass of sherry: that's just the ticket!
una copa de jerez: esto viene como anillo al dedo
attr ticket agency THEAT
agencia f de venta de localidades
ticket barrier
barrera f de control de boletos
ticket barrier
barrera f de control de billetes Spain
ticket collector
revisor m / revisora f
ticket inspector
inspector m / inspectora f
ticket inspector
revisor m / revisora f Spain
ticket machine
máquina f expendedora de boletos
ticket machine
máquina f expendedora de billetes Spain
ticket taker Am SPORTS, THEAT
portero m / portera f
ticket taker Am TRANSP
revisor m / revisora f

meal ticket in the PONS Dictionary

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With the loss of their current meal ticket, academic publishers would have to work for their living.
www.ft.com
You have to have people around you that you can trust and aren't just out for a meal ticket.
www.huffingtonpost.com
It is going to be very hard work and it certainly isn't a meal ticket.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
One of these degrees could be your meal ticket.
money.usnews.com
I'm sure part and parcel of it was the fact that she probably saw him looking at her as a bit of a meal ticket.
news.nationalpost.com
As a start-up, small business, a personal wage was more like an intermittent meal ticket.
www.pentictonwesternnews.com
But he was a meal ticket for her.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
That was supposed to be my meal ticket.
www.rollingstone.com
The first 300 riders to register receive a free meal ticket and gift.
www.kelownacapnews.com
Members of his management team, worried that they will be jobless, decide to find someone to take his place as their meal ticket.
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