ticketless

English

Etymology

From ticket +‎ -less.

Adjective

ticketless (not comparable)

1. Without a ticket or tickets.
   1. (of a person) Who does not have a ticket.
      • 1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 778:

        It has been estimated officially that every year the Indian Railways lose about £2 million from ticketless travel; but probably the real loss is even more than this.

      • 2021 November 17, “Open Access: Lack of ticket checks”, in RAIL, number 944, page 64:

        But it is still disheartening and frustrating that the rail industry has such a nonchalant approach to ticket examination and potential ticketless/fraudulent travel.

   2. (of a system) That does not use tickets.
      • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 277, 279:

        It's likely that ticket offices will also be closed, as ticketless travel comes in. (The barriers will effectively pickpocket you, by debiting the bank card in your wallet rather than your proffered Oyster [Card].)

Translations

who does not have a ticket

• Armenian: անտոմս (hy) (antoms)
• Belarusian: безбіле́тны (bjezbiljétny)
• German: fahrkartenlos, fahrscheinlos
• Polish: bezbiletowy (pl)
• Russian: безбиле́тный (ru) (bezbilétnyj)
• Ukrainian: безквитко́вий (uk) (bezkvytkóvyj), безбіле́тний (uk) (bezbilétnyj)

that does not use tickets

• Armenian: անտոմս (hy) (antoms)
• Belarusian: безбіле́тны (bjezbiljétny)
• Polish: bezbiletowy (pl)
• Russian: безбиле́тный (ru) (bezbilétnyj)
• Ukrainian: безквитко́вий (uk) (bezkvytkóvyj), безбіле́тний (uk) (bezbilétnyj)