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

St Austell-born Martyn's road to the international fold came off the back of county age-group matches for Cornwall - which necessitate a 800-mile round trip for matches from his Yorkshire home.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

That’s the price NJ Transit has put on a claustrophobic round trip to its shores this summer for the upcoming global soccer extravaganza.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

It took Jimmy Moir, a widower from Dundee, three years to keep his promise to his beloved late wife Gladys, but after a 10,000-mile round trip, he did it.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

A modest yet amusingly spiky round trip from Manhattan to Martha’s Vineyard, it has the trappings of a rom-com but a trickier soulfulness about its unlikely connection.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

“Was it over four thousand five hundred and seventeen miles? ’Cause that would be the length of a round trip to Bakersfield from Columbus and back.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein