meal ticket

Definition of Meal Ticket in English :

1. meal ticket

a source of income or livelihood

2. luncheon voucher, meal ticket

coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Meal Ticket

noun

slang

a person, situation, etc, providing a source of livelihood or income

1.

a ticket entitling the holder to a specified value in meals at a particular restaurant

2. Slang

a person, job, skill, etc. that one depends on as one's means of support

n.

1. A card or ticket entitling the holder to a meal or meals.

2. Informal A person or thing depended on as a source of financial support.