英语词汇on tick的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	on tick
词源	on tick. Tick here is just an abbreviation of ticket. First re- corded as early as 1648, on tick originally meant a written I.O.U. or “ticket,” then came to mean “on credit.”
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