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10 Language-to-English DictionariesOne-way ticket
/ˈwʌnˌweɪ ˈtɪk.ɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A ticket for a journey to a destination without a return passage.
"He bought a one-way ticket to London with no plans of coming back." - 2
A situation or action that leads irrevocably to a particular state or outcome.
"Ignoring the company's financial warning signs is a one-way ticket to bankruptcy."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the numeral 'one', the noun 'way' (denoting a route or direction), and 'ticket' (from Middle French 'etiquette', meaning a label or slip of paper). The compound term emerged in the 19th century with the expansion of commercial railways to designate passage to a destination without a return journey.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "One-way ticket" is said worldwide
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billet simple
Transliteration: /bi.jɛ sɛ̃pl/
"Il a pris un billet simple pour Paris."
Einfache Fahrkarte
Transliteration: /ˈaɪ̯n.faxə ˈfaːɐ̯ˌkaʁtə/
"Er hat eine einfache Fahrkarte nach Berlin gekauft."
biglietto di sola andata
Transliteration: /biʎˈʎɛt.to di ˈsɔ.la anˈda.ta/
"Ha comprato un biglietto di sola andata per Roma."
billete de ida
Transliteration: /biˈʎe.te de ˈi.da/
"Compró un billete de ida a Madrid."
bilhete de ida
Transliteration: /biˈʎe.tʃi dʒi ˈi.dɐ/
"Ele comprou um bilhete de ida para Lisboa."
एकतरफ़ा टिकट
Transliteration: ek-tarfā ṭikaṭ
"उसने दिल्ली के लिए एकतरफ़ा टिकट खरीदा।"
单程票
Transliteration: dānchéng piào
"他买了一张去北京的单程票。"
편도 표
Transliteration: pyeondo pyo
"그는 서울행 편도 표를 샀습니다."
片道切符
Transliteration: katamichi kippu
"彼は東京行きの片道切符を買った。"
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