one-time meaning
adj. [only before a noun]
1 happening, done or made only once; one-off: a one-time offer • a one-time fee of $200
2 former: a one-time football player • a one-time friend
1 happening, done or made only once; one-off: a one-time offer • a one-time fee of $200
2 former: a one-time football player • a one-time friend
[Business]
AmE spelling onetime) adjective [only before noun]
1
happening only once:
The package includes a one-time $300 tax cut.
a one-time charge/cost/gain/loss
SYN ONE-OFF ⇨ EXCEPTIONAL
2
former:
Companies such as BP have been buying up one-time competitors.
He is the one-time CEO of a large building firm.
Examples
- economics may dictate only a one-time treatment.
