ONE-TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does one-time mean? 

• ONE-TIME (adjective)
  The adjective ONE-TIME has 1 sense:

1. belonging to some prior time

  Familiarity information: ONE-TIME used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONE-TIME (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Belonging to some prior time

Synonyms:

erstwhile; former; old; one-time; onetime; quondam; sometime

Context example:

her quondam lover

Similar:

past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)

 Context examples 

The researchers found that one-time exposure to CBD and THC caused eye, brain, and facial malformations similar to those caused by prenatal alcohol exposure alone.

(Using both marijuana and alcohol during early pregnancy may increase the likelihood of disrupting fetal development, National Institutes of Health)

You are likely to see a large, one-time sum of cash through a commission, royalty, licensing fee, big year-end bonus, or a large fee for a special project you worked on in 2019.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Thus, in addition to the cousins Dorothy and Florence, Martin encountered two university professors, one of Latin, the other of English; a young army officer just back from the Philippines, one-time school-mate of Ruth's; a young fellow named Melville, private secretary to Joseph Perkins, head of the San Francisco Trust Company; and finally of the men, a live bank cashier, Charles Hapgood, a youngish man of thirty-five, graduate of Stanford University, member of the Nile Club and the Unity Club, and a conservative speaker for the Republican Party during campaigns—in short, a rising young man in every way.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This day surely sparkles for you—you may receive a large one-time bundle of money as a wire or a check, and at the same time, Jupiter will see to it that your status will increase in an exciting way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)