one-way ticket
noun
: a ticket that allows a person to travel to one place
She bought a one-way ticket to New York.
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On average, in North America, a one-way ticket for one seat will set you back $1,800, but depending on what promotions might be running, tickets can be purchased for as low as $1,000.
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Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
Bruns then bought herself a one-way ticket to Bali, Indonesia, and set off on the adventure of a lifetime in May 2022.
—Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
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Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2023
Bruns then bought herself a one-way ticket to Bali, Indonesia, and set off on the adventure of a lifetime in May 2022.
—Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
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“One-way ticket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-way%20ticket. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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