single ticket

Journey without return

A single ticket is a one-way fare for transportation—a train, bus, or flight going in one direction only, without a return journey included.

The term is primarily British; Americans typically say one-way ticket.

I bought a single ticket to Manchester.

Contrast with return ticket or round-trip.

Related

boarding · passage · travel · advance purchase · fare card · travel voucher · one time use · transit pass · point-to-point · analogous · unreserved · itinerary · outbound · equivalent · punch card · parallel · correspondent · boarding pass

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Opposites
journey direction

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Fare including homeward journey

round-trip ticket · return · round trip · open return · return fare

ticket quantity/scope

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Prepaid ongoing admission

unlimited pass · monthly pass · annual pass · weekly pass · carnet

passenger count

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Entry for multiple attendees

family ticket · party ticket

Family

single, ticket, singly, singles, singled, singling, singleton, singular, singularity

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G