Phrase guide

return ticket

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A ticket granting permission to travel to a place and return.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: lifestyle, tourism, transport, travel

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a ticket to a place and back (usually over the same route)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: round-trip ticket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ticket

Narrower terms: day return

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: двупосочен билет (dvuposočen bilet) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 往返票 (wǎngfǎnpiào) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 來回票 /来回票 (láihuípiào) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雙程票 /双程票 (shuāngchéngpiào) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Chinese Mandarin: 回程票 (huíchéngpiào) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Czech: zpáteční jízdenka — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Danish: returbillet — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Dutch: retour — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Dutch: retourtje — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Finnish: menopaluulippu — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • French: aller-retour — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • German: Hin- und Rückfahrt (Fahrkarte) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • German: Rückfahrkarte — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Greek: εισιτήριο μετ’ επιστροφής (eisitírio met’ epistrofís) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Hungarian: menettérti jegy — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Hungarian: retúrjegy — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Icelandic: fram og til baka (farmiði) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Icelandic: báðar leiðir (farmiði) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Italian: biglietto di andata e ritorno — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Japanese: 往復切符 (ōfuku kippu) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Japanese: 往復券 (ōfuku ken) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Norwegian: tur-retur billett — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Norwegian Bokmål: returbillett — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: returbillett — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Polish: bilet powrotny — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Portuguese: passagem de volta — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Romanian: bilet dus-întors — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Russian: биле́т в о́ба конца́ (bilét v óba koncá) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Russian: биле́т туда́ и обра́тно (bilét tudá i obrátno) — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Spanish: billete de ida y vuelta — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Swedish: tur och retur-biljett — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Swedish: tur-och-retur-biljett — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Swedish: tur och retur — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Volapük: biliet geik — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again
  • Welsh: tocyn dwyffordd — a ticket granting permission to travel to a place and back again