Round Trip Definition & Meaning

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Synonyms 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.

round trip British

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 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]

Other Word Forms

• round-trip adjective

Etymology

Origin of round trip

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

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My family routinely drives 600 miles round trip to a house in the mountains for Memorial Day.

From The Wall Street Journal

“But again, nothing has been set in stone. We haven’t seen any of this across round trips.”

From MarketWatch

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

So rather than choosing between the two, she sets her alarm at 05:30 GMT most mornings to make the four-hour round trip to the office.

From BBC

“You can tell a lot about a street by the type of chairs and how they’re placed,” said Knapp, who walked 2.5 miles round trip for groceries and beer while his car was entombed.

From The Wall Street Journal

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