Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
ticket-of-leave is a noun meaning "a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions". It carries one recorded sense.
a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ticket-of-leave come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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