ticket inspector
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ticket inspector
noun ticket inspectors · ticket-inspector
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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.
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
Similar: conductor, ticket collector
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noun person who checks passengers have a valid ticket
| Español | revisor |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 查票員 /查票员 chápiàoyuán, 驗票員 /验票员 yànpiàoyuán |
| Português | cobrador, revisor, pica |
| Français | contrôleur, contrôleuse |
| Deutsch | Fahrscheinkontrolleur, Fahrscheinkontrollor, Kontrolleur, Kontrolleurin, Schaffner, Schaffnerin |
| Italiano | bigliettaio |
| Ελληνικά | εισπράκτορας eispráktoras |
| Română | controlor de bilete, controloare de bilete |
| Русский | контролёр kontroljór, конду́ктор kondúktor, проводни́к provodník, проводни́ца provodníca |
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title = {ticket inspector},
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