🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

biglietto di sola andata

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /biʎˈʎɛt.to di ˈsɔ.la anˈda.ta/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
One-way ticket/ˈwʌnˌweɪ ˈtɪk.ɪt/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha comprato un biglietto di sola andata per Roma."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 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. 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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