onetime

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Definition of onetime

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of one-time (“former; past”).
    “"Nay," said he, stoutly, "I be no Lord and I be no Prince, but I be as good as thou. For am I not the son of thy onetime very true comrade and thy kinsman […]?”
    “A G.C. line parcels train, headed by Class B1 4-6-0 No. 61163, approaches Chesterfield on July 29, 1961 past the remains of the bridge carrying the onetime G.C. line to Chesterfield Market Place.”
    “Francisco Pignatari, a wealthy Brazilian industrialist and onetime international playboy, died today in a São Paulo hospital.”
    “A onetime special […] forces officer, he had worked with Albright when she was ambassador to the United Nations and had served on the NSC staff with Clarke.”
    “President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail assigned to his former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a person familiar with the matter confirmed Wednesday, adding to the growing list of officials who have faced retribution from their onetime boss.”
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adj

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of one-time (“former; past”).
    “"Nay," said he, stoutly, "I be no Lord and I be no Prince, but I be as good as thou. For am I not the son of thy onetime very true comrade and thy kinsman […]?”
    “A G.C. line parcels train, headed by Class B1 4-6-0 No. 61163, approaches Chesterfield on July 29, 1961 past the remains of the bridge carrying the onetime G.C. line to Chesterfield Market Place.”
    “Francisco Pignatari, a wealthy Brazilian industrialist and onetime international playboy, died today in a São Paulo hospital.”
    “A onetime special […] forces officer, he had worked with Albright when she was ambassador to the United Nations and had served on the NSC staff with Clarke.”
    “President Donald Trump has revoked the security detail assigned to his former Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a person familiar with the matter confirmed Wednesday, adding to the growing list of officials who have faced retribution from their onetime boss.”
  2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of one-time (“occurring once”).
    “So far as manufacturers, traders, and lawyers use the savings banks, they are very generally of the poorer classes; and these probably own a great majority of the larger onetime deposits.”
    “The additional funds included the FBI’s support of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah (a onetime increase) […]”
    “One of the key characteristics of the proposed onetime password protocol is that attacker cannot use password because it changes every time.”

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Etymology

From one + time.

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