return ticket

American

noun

a ticket for the return portion of a trip.
Chiefly British. a round-trip ticket.

return ticket British

noun

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

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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

"I was so blown away by what I found there, that I tore up my return ticket and stayed in the village for a couple of years."

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2023

“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

He is allowed to stay, so he does not get a return ticket, and she does not have enough money to buy one.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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