See Also: two-time(dictionary)
one-time(dictionary)
old-time(dictionary)
Time(medicine)
Time(money)
time(2)(dictionary)
Just in Time(money)
just-in-time(dictionary)
time(dictionary)
Time value(money)

one-time (iou)



one-time adjective & adverb. Also onetime. M19.
[from ONE adjective + TIME noun.]
A. adjective.
Former. M19.
J. Updike His onetime patroness and confidante.
Of or pertaining to a single occasion. M19.
one-time-cipher: in which the cipher representation of the alphabet is changed at random for each letter of a message, generating a key as long as the message. one-time pad a pad of keys for a one-time cipher, each page being destroyed after one use, so that each message is sent using a different key.
M. Angelou What we were seeing was a one-time phenomenon, so we were determined to enjoy it.
b. adverb.
Simultaneously. L19.
On one occasion, at one time, formerly, once. Also, at once, immediately. L19.