round trip

American  

noun

1. a trip to a given place and back again.

   Fares for round trips often have a discount.

2. a transportation ticket for such a trip.

3. Pinochle. roundhouse.

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round trip British  

noun

1. a trip to a place and back again, esp returning by a different route

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round trip Idioms  

1. A journey to a given place and back again, usually over the same route; also, a ticket for such a trip. For example, The fare for a round trip is generally lower than for two one-way journeys. [Mid-1800s]

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Other Word Forms

• round-trip adjective

Etymology

Origin of round trip

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

It means club members face a round trip of 180 miles to the next nearest diving pool, in Edinburgh.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

They drove around 45 minutes round trip to the school every day.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

That is adding $2 million to the costs of every round trip, which is passed on to the importers here in the United States, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The trucker catalogs diesel prices each time she fuels up for the roughly 500-mile round trip she makes six nights a week hauling modular dorm rooms from outside Los Angeles to California Polytechnic State University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

And I’d just have one more round trip.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner