return ticket

noun

a ticket for the return portion of a trip.

Chiefly British. a round-trip ticket.

Nearby words

return on investment, return on net assets, return receipt, return stroke, return the compliment, return ticket, return to the fold, return-cocked, return-flue boiler, returnable, returned man

Origin of return ticket

First recorded in 1840–50

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Examples from the Web for return ticket

In future, "going to Jericho" will not imply social banishment, as the party sent thither will be able to take a return-ticket.
Mr. Punch On Tour|Various
It was a return-ticket, first class, for which he paid the sum of one pound four shillings.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. VII, December 1850, Vol. II|Various
Mr. Cook will give you a return-ticket for the Pyramid for about that.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 62, Jan 27, 1872|Various
Kitty may be on the high seas, that is, if she has taken my advice and got a return-ticket.
The Lure of the Mask|Harold MacGrath

If I could only find just a little corner on it, with a return-ticket!
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles|Jean Henri Fabre

British Dictionary definitions for return ticket

return ticket

noun

British a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his destination and back againUS and Canadian equivalent: round-trip ticket

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return ticket

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for return ticket

return ticket

noun