Osborne said this would prevent people using the tribunal system as a "one-way bet against small business".
Likewise, food producers might be able to prosper, but the sector is far from a one-way bet.
Also, it can't always be a one-way bet for those of us that try our luck abroad.
Still, the Taiwan market has proved to be mainly a one-way bet in recent years.
No one from inside the industry complains because they know that the banking system has for years been a one-way bet on such behaviour.
The cost would be passed on to speculators, discouraging one-way bets.
Options positions, on the other hand, are a one-way bet.
They turned out to be mere gamblers, who happened to have placed giant one-way bets.
Investing in India looks as if it should be a one-way bet.
"Markets are not a one-way bet, with everyone a winner, and they had come to look like that."