round trip

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.

round trip

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• round-trip adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of round trip¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

But at least there was a first trip to Kazakhstan – new opposition and a 7,000-mile round trip, the furthest Wales' men would ever have travelled for a qualifier.

From BBC

If it's a round trip, return flights are not automatically cancelled in case the passengers reaches the destination.

From BBC

Every ticket will be valid on the match day for a second-class round trip between any Swiss locality and the stadium.

From BBC

Back in Leeds after her 400-mile round trip taking her father to his appointment, Christine Bell says at times she found it hard to think of herself as carer to her parents.

From BBC

But it doesn’t mean that after the round trip of tariffs-on-tariffs-off the economy is back to where it might otherwise have been or that they’re otherwise unimportant.

From Los Angeles Times