(noun) A person, possibly a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, friend, etc. who is kept around and close in order to be used, monetarily.
Though they had dated for years, John was nothing more than a meal ticket to Betsy. He was just a dumb, naïve fool that was there to be used, nothing more. Stupid fool believed someone actually loved him.
by Nikki Stixx September 25, 2019
Get the meal ticketmug. LUXURIES WITHOUT A JOB
Gwendolyn: Monica, where are you getting all of this costly shit?
You don't even have a job!
Monica: Oh. All of that is from my meal ticket.
Gwendolyn: From what?
Monica: Not what, who!
NEED MORE GROCERIES
Bianca: Dammit... I spent all of my money shopping and my refrigerator's empty. I'm hungry!
Yolanda: You don't get your paycheck until two weeks from now.
Bianca: I better find myself a handsome meal ticket!
Yolanda: Seriously.
Gwendolyn: Monica, where are you getting all of this costly shit?
You don't even have a job!
Monica: Oh. All of that is from my meal ticket.
Gwendolyn: From what?
Monica: Not what, who!
NEED MORE GROCERIES
Bianca: Dammit... I spent all of my money shopping and my refrigerator's empty. I'm hungry!
Yolanda: You don't get your paycheck until two weeks from now.
Bianca: I better find myself a handsome meal ticket!
Yolanda: Seriously.
by gotmurc June 28, 2016
Get the meal ticketmug. Whenever a rapper mentions a meal ticket, he is referring to getting money to afford to eat, or more directly, food stamps before there was EBT.
by pcshRealDeal October 08, 2012
Get the meal ticketmug. If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.
by Diane39 April 04, 2020
Get the meal ticketmug. by d-bezzy May 13, 2005
Get the meal ticketmug. by dagger_grrl October 11, 2003
Get the meal ticketmug. The only reason that 25 year old model is dating that ass ugly 50 year old lawyer is because he’s her meal ticket
by Bernie Lomax May 07, 2019
Get the Meal ticketmug.