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one-way ticket

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noun

  1. Also called: single ticket.  a ticket entitling a passenger to travel only to his destination, without returning

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They booked a one-way ticket from Chicago to Los Angeles and for a month helped members of the congregation as they sifted through the ruins of their homes.

From Los Angeles Times

Imagine if death were also a one-way ticket to the tailor-made paradise of your desire.

From Salon

Imagine if death were also a one-way ticket to the tailor-made paradise of your desire.

From Salon

On Saturday evening, the Algerian national went to the Paris-Charles de Gaulle international airport with a one-way ticket to Algeria.

From The Wall Street Journal

In January, ahead of what the government characterized in a court filing as a deadline, Hennen bought a one-way ticket to Colombia connecting through Panama.

From The Wall Street Journal

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