carnet

Etymology

From French carnet (“notebook”), from Middle French quernet (“group of four sheets”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ).neɪ/

Noun

carnet (plural carnets)

1. A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.

   If you think you're going to use more than ten single trip tickets within Zone 1 in a twelve month period, you can buy a carnet of ten tickets for £17 - your cost per journey reduces from £2 down to £1.70.

2. (law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
   • 2003, Jim Hudgens et al., The Rough Guide to West Africa‎, →ISBN, page 20:

     If you plan to sell your car, of course, a carnet is the last thing you need: if the vehicle isn't correctly stamped in and out of each country you'll lose your deposit.

3. An admission pass.

Further reading

• carnet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carnet (pass permit) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Canter, Cretan, canter, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec, trance

Etymology

From French carnet.

Noun

1. identification card

   carnet de conduir

   driving license

Etymology

From a diminutive of Old French quaern, quaer. See cahier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.nɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: carnets

Noun

carnet m (plural carnets)

1. booklet, notebook

Further reading

• “carnet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• centra, cernât, créant, encrât, tancer, trance

Alternative forms

• carné

Noun

carnet m (plural carnets)

1. identification card, identification badge