return ticket

American  

noun

return tickets plural

1. a ticket for the return portion of a trip.

2. Chiefly British. a round-trip ticket.

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return ticket British  

noun

1. US and Canadian equivalent: round-trip ticket.  a ticket entitling a passenger to travel to his destination and back again

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• return tickets
  plural

Etymology

Origin of return ticket

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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

ScotRail's move has reduced prices - an anytime day return ticket from Glasgow to Edinburgh has gone from £32.60 to £16.80.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

“After I landed, I threw the return ticket away,” recalls Stevens, a retired publicist from Philadelphia.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2023

Davon Hill put his faith in James to break the record Tuesday, flying from his hometown of Atlanta to L.A. the morning of the game with a return ticket leaving at about 1 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2023

I’ve come all this way and hate to turn back, but my return ticket is scheduled for a few hours from now and I have to get back to Washington.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse