return ticket
Americannoun
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a ticket for the return portion of a trip.
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Chiefly British. a round-trip ticket.
noun
Etymology
Origin of return ticket
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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California law mandates that licensed rehab facilities offer patients a return ticket home if they had provided travel to the state.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
“After I landed, I threw the return ticket away,” recalls Stevens, a retired publicist from Philadelphia.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2023
If passengers have a return ticket they may also be entitled to a fee-free refund if any part of the journey is cancelled due to strikes.
From BBC • May 30, 2023
He had a return ticket to Los Angeles for December.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022
Gabriel had turned in his return ticket in order to stay in Paris, selling the old newspapers and empty bottles that the chambermaids threw out of a gloomy hotel on the Rue Dauphine.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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