one-way
moving, or allowing movement in one direction only: a one-way street.
valid for travel in one direction only: a one-way ticket.: Compare round trip.
without a reciprocal feeling, responsibility, relationship, etc.: It's a one-way friendship.
not intended for return to a seller, dealer, etc., for reuse; disposable: one-way bottles.
Origin of one-way
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How to use one-way in a sentence
Lawmaking by legislatures is also a one-way ratchet—Legislators get credit for passing laws, not pruning them.
So I went straight to the airport, bought a one-way ticket, and flew out.
That may not sound like much, but this was on a single day, driving 55 miles one-way.
The victim positively identified her two attackers through one-way glass and they were arrested.
Exclusive: ‘Hillary Clinton Took Me Through Hell,’ Rape Victim Says | Josh Rogin | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet he is too smart to despair that this is a one-way street.
Rackstraw Downes’s Art and Essays Are Two Sides of the Same Genius | Bill Morris | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The alien suddenly turned, though Duke could now see that they were in a section behind one-way glass.
Victory | Lester del ReyMost of us are sure of a free one-way pass to that port some time or other, 'cording to the parson's tell.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnIn the eye-level center of each door was a bull's eye that looked like one-way glass and undoubtedly was.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithIt would be obviously unjust to compare a one-way fare with either excursion or commutation rates.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyThis concept produces a one-way verbal flow for which the term “monologue” is descriptive.
Herein is Love | Reuel L. Howe
British Dictionary definitions for one-way
moving or allowing travel in one direction only: one-way traffic
entailing no reciprocal obligation, action, etc: a one-way agreement
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