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

The going rate on a mid-July flight from San Francisco to London: nearly $5,600 round trip.

From The Wall Street Journal

New Zealand also said it would buy extra-long-range Airbus A321s, which will be able to fly a round trip to Antarctica without landing—a key capability if icy conditions make landing there impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

That round trip looks particularly bad now, given the latest developments.

From The Wall Street Journal