"one-way ticket" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: one-way tickets [plural]
Etymology: one-way + ticket Etymology templates: {{compound|en|one-way|ticket}} one-way + ticket Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-way ticket (plural one-way tickets)
  1. (travel) A ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not return. Categories (topical): Travel Synonyms: single ticket [UK] Derived forms: one-way ticket to Palookaville Translations (a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back): 單程票 (Chinese Mandarin), 单程票 (dānchéngpiào) (Chinese Mandarin), enkeltbillet [common-gender] (Danish), enkeltje [common-gender] (Dutch), enkele reis (vervoersbewijs) (Dutch), üheotsapilet (Estonian), menolippu (Finnish), yksisuuntainen lippu (Finnish), billet aller simple [masculine] (French), einfache Fahrkarte [feminine] (German), Einzelfahrschein [masculine] (German), απλό εισιτήριο (apló eisitírio) (Greek), egyszeri útra (Hungarian), utazásra szóló (Hungarian), érvényesjegy (menet) (Hungarian), csak odaútra (Hungarian), odautazásra szólójegy (menet) (Hungarian), aðra leið (farmiða) (Icelandic), biglietto di solo andata (Italian), 片道切符 (katamichi kippu) (alt: かたみちきっぷ) (Japanese), 片道 (katamichi) (alt: かたみち) (Japanese), 편도 승차권 (pyeondo seungchagwon) (Korean), 편도 (pyeondo) (Korean), bilet jednorazowy [masculine] (Polish), bilet jednostronny [masculine] (Polish), bilet w jedną stronę [masculine] (Polish), passagem só de ida [feminine] (Portuguese), bilhete só de ida [masculine] (Portuguese), passagem sem volta [feminine] (Portuguese), passagem sem retorno [feminine] (Portuguese), bilhete sem volta [masculine] (Portuguese), bilet doar dus [neuter] (Romanian), биле́т в оди́н коне́ц (bilét v odín konéc) (Russian), billete sencillo [masculine] (Spanish), enkel biljett [common-gender] (Swedish), enkelbiljett [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-one-way_ticket-en-noun-VzGupCeu Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel Disambiguation of 'a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back': 97 3
  2. (figuratively) A course of action from which there is no return. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): One
    Sense id: en-one-way_ticket-en-noun-hNkiBwYR Disambiguation of One: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "bilet w jedną stronę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passagem só de ida"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilhete só de ida"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passagem sem volta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passagem sem retorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bilhete sem volta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bilet doar dus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bilét v odín konéc",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "word": "биле́т в оди́н коне́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "billete sencillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "enkel biljett"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "enkelbiljett"
    }
  ],
  "word": "one-way ticket"
}

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