one-time

alternative onetime

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a specific period of time in the past, not extending to the present.

   He was the one-time president of the club.

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   His one-time investment in a brickyard had put the idea into his head—an idea that he decided was a good one, for it enabled him to suggest that she ride along with him to inspect the quarry.

   1910, Jack London, chapter XIII, in Burning Daylight

   Pollyanna never doubted now that John Pendleton was her Aunt Polly's one-time lover; […]

   1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 18, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC

   The old Ramsgate Harbour station of the one-time South Eastern Railway was a case in point, as also the stations in the Isle of Wight that you name, such as Ventnor West.

   1945 July and August, “The Why and The Wherefore: Station Turntables”, in Railway Magazine, page 241, reply to J. A. Drew

   Has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos – not to say mustard gas?

   2017 April 13, Adam Forrest, “The death of diesel: has the one-time wonder fuel become the new asbestos?”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: former, past, sometime, antecedent, anterior, earlier, erstwhile, ex

2. not comparableOccurring or used in a single instance and then never again.

   one-time charge/payment

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   He was an eloquent speaker, and his slip of the tongue was a one-time error.

   Even if an attacker manages to intercept a one-time password, that password has already been used and is no longer usable to authenticate.

   2007, Markus Jakobsson, Steven Myers, Phishing and Countermeasures, Wiley, →ISBN

   Synonyms: one-off

present singular third person one-times · participle present one-timing · participle past one-timed · past one-timed

1. ball gamesTo shoot (the ball or puck) directly from a teammate's pass.

   Basel's good moment continued, and in stoppage time of the first half, Streller released Salah with a clever pass down the middle and the young Egyptian one-timed the ball over Čech.

   2013 May 3, Werner Pichler, “Europa League 2012/13, Semifinal, 2nd Leg (R)”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet)

1. USslangThe police.

   Ayo, it's Hell on Earth Whose necks are gonna be first? The projects is front line And the enemy is one-time I ain't gotta tell you It's right in front of your eyes

   1996, Mobb Deep, “Front Lines (Hell on Earth)”, in Hell on Earth