smart ticket

noun — 2 senses

smart ticket

noun
1

Nautical, Transport Historical A certificate given to wounded seamen, entitling them to smart money.

  • [T]he commodore pulled out his purse, saying, “Here, you bitch's baby, here's something better than a smart ticket”; and threw it at his silent deliverer, who received and pocketed his bounty […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
2

An e-ticket.

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