Meanings
nounone-way ticket (plural one-way tickets)
plural one-way tickets
- figurativelyA course of action from which there is no return.
Voting Labour is a one way ticket to higher fuel prices.
(UK) Conservative Party news story
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not return.
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Bulgarian еднопосочен билет
- еднопосочен билет (ednoposočen bilet)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Chinese Mandarin 單程票 /单程票
- 單程票 /单程票 (dānchéngpiào)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Danish enkeltbillet
- enkeltbilleta ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Dutch enkeltje, enkele reis (vervoersbewijs)
- enkeltjea ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- enkele reis (vervoersbewijs)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Estonian üheotsapilet
- üheotsapileta ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Finnish menolippu, yksisuuntainen lippu
- menolippua ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- yksisuuntainen lippua ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
French billet aller simple
- billet aller simplea ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
German einfache Fahrkarte, Einzelfahrschein
- einfache Fahrkartea ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- Einzelfahrscheina ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Greek απλό εισιτήριο
- απλό εισιτήριο (apló eisitírio)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Hungarian egyszeri útra, utazásra szóló
- egyszeri útraa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- utazásra szólóa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- érvényesjegy (menet)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- csak odaútraa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- odautazásra szólójegy (menet)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Icelandic aðra leið (farmiða)
- aðra leið (farmiða)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Italian biglietto di solo andata
- biglietto di solo andataa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Japanese 片道切符, 片道
- 片道切符 (katamichi kippu)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- 片道 (katamichi)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Korean 편도 승차권, 편도
- 편도 승차권 (pyeondo seungchagwon)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- 편도 (pyeondo)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Polish bilet jednorazowy, bilet jednostronny
- bilet jednorazowya ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- bilet jednostronnya ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- bilet w jedną stronęa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Portuguese passagem só de ida, bilhete só de ida
- passagem só de idaa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- bilhete só de idaa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- passagem sem voltaa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- passagem sem retornoa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- bilhete sem voltaa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Romanian bilet doar dus
- bilet doar dusa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Russian биле́т в оди́н коне́ц
- биле́т в оди́н коне́ц (bilét v odín konéc)a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Spanish billete sencillo
- billete sencilloa ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Swedish enkel biljett, enkelbiljett
- enkel biljetta ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
- enkelbiljetta ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back
Cite this entry
APA
one-way ticket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-way%20ticket
MLA
“one-way ticket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-way%20ticket. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-way ticket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-way%20ticket.
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