one-way ticket

English

Etymology

one-way +‎ ticket

Noun

one-way ticket (plural one-way tickets)

1. (travel) A ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not return.
2. (figuratively) A course of action from which there is no return.
   • (UK) Conservative Party news story:

     Voting Labour is a one way ticket to higher fuel prices.

Synonyms

• single ticket (UK)

Antonyms

• round-trip ticket
• return ticket

Derived terms

• one-way ticket to Palookaville

Translations

a ticket granting permission to travel to a place but not back

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單程票／单程票 (zh) (dānchéngpiào)

• Danish: enkeltbillet c
• Dutch: enkeltje (nl) c, enkele reis (vervoersbewijs)
• Estonian: üheotsapilet
• Finnish: menolippu (fi), yksisuuntainen lippu
• French: billet aller simple m
• German: einfache Fahrkarte f, Einzelfahrschein m
• Greek: απλό εισιτήριο (apló eisitírio)
• Hungarian: egyszeri útra / utazásra szóló / érvényes (menet)jegy, csak odaútra / odautazásra szóló (menet)jegy
• Icelandic: aðra leið (farmiða)
• Italian: biglietto di solo andata
• Japanese: 片道切符 (かたみちきっぷ, katamichi kippu), 片道 (かたみち, katamichi)
• Korean: 편도 승차권 (pyeondo seungchagwon), 편도 (ko) (pyeondo)
• Polish: bilet jednorazowy (pl) m, bilet jednostronny m, bilet w jedną stronę (pl) m
• Portuguese: passagem só de ida f, bilhete só de ida m, passagem sem volta f, passagem sem retorno f, bilhete sem volta m
• Romanian: bilet doar dus n
• Russian: биле́т в оди́н коне́ц (bilét v odín konéc)
• Spanish: billete sencillo m
• Swedish: enkel biljett c, enkelbiljett (sv) c