meal ticket

English Thesaurus

1. coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	coupon, voucher,
definition	:	a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed (noun.communication)

2. a source of income or livelihood (noun.possession)

hypernym	:	bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance,
definition	:	the financial means whereby one lives (noun.possession)

domain usage	:	colloquialism,
definition	:	a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication)