ticket day

British

noun

Also called: name day. (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which selling brokers receive from buying brokers the names of investors who have made purchases during the previous account Compare account day

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"I'm going to reserve judgement on this until ticket day," concluded the top-rated comment, "where my opinion will be dictated by whether I got a ticket or not."

From BBC

A "locals only" free ticket day was held on Friday, but the ticket website crashed when it received more than six million hits.

From BBC

Almost immediately, on his “golden ticket” day, a guy on the subway hit on him, and more followed.

From New York Times

The second is the ticket day, when the names of purchasers and sellers are handed over.

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