round trip
noun
variants
or less commonly roundtrip
or round-trip
plural round trips also roundtrips or round-trips
often attributive
: a trip to a place and back usually over the same route
It's a 25 mile round trip to work.
an hour-long round trip by boat
The lowest fare for the round trip is $1,694.18 including taxes and fees …—
Helen Anders and James Barragan
Helen Anders and James Barragan
round-trip
adjective
or less commonly roundtrip
round-trip fares
round-trip travel
With 50,000 miles accumulated, one can qualify for a free roundtrip ticket to Europe and back.
—David E. Rosenbaum
David E. Rosenbaum
round trip
adverb
or round-trip
or roundtrip
Consider the cost of flying round-trip for a three-day weekend to Los Angeles …
—Michael Fumento
Michael Fumento
Examples of round trip in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Canyon View Trail: Another beautiful walk, Canyon View (0.8 mile round trip) skirts the high rim of Betatakin Canyon offering big vistas and leads to a historic ranger station.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
Summary of the hike: The entire hike is short — from the lower parking lot just 1.5 miles round trip and from the upper one, which adjoins the trailhead, just 1 mile round trip.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
Today’s ban on family seating fees could save a family of four as much as $200 per round trip.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Door-to-door fare is £9,700 per person based on double occupancy in a Classic Veranda (including private executive airport transfers, overnight hotel stay, round trip flights, food and beverage on board, butler service, expedition gear and shore excursions).
—Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 30 Apr. 2024
Today, the train offers 16 daily round trips between South Florida and Orlando, departing from the station at the Orlando International Airport and heading to Miami with stops in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Aventura along a 235-mile route.
—Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
Average cost of traveling to Miami then is $251 for a round trip flight and average hotel rate is $215 per night.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Five destinations follow with fares at or near $60 round trip: Ontario, California; Los Angeles; San Diego; Salt Lake City and Denver.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
By February of 2003, the S&P made a virtual round trip to 841, and didn’t breach 1500 once again until a decade later.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 7 July 2024
Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
Summary of the hike: The entire hike is short — from the lower parking lot just 1.5 miles round trip and from the upper one, which adjoins the trailhead, just 1 mile round trip.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
Today’s ban on family seating fees could save a family of four as much as $200 per round trip.
—Pete Muntean, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
Door-to-door fare is £9,700 per person based on double occupancy in a Classic Veranda (including private executive airport transfers, overnight hotel stay, round trip flights, food and beverage on board, butler service, expedition gear and shore excursions).
—Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 30 Apr. 2024
Today, the train offers 16 daily round trips between South Florida and Orlando, departing from the station at the Orlando International Airport and heading to Miami with stops in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and Aventura along a 235-mile route.
—Megan Dubois, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
Average cost of traveling to Miami then is $251 for a round trip flight and average hotel rate is $215 per night.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 28 June 2024
Five destinations follow with fares at or near $60 round trip: Ontario, California; Los Angeles; San Diego; Salt Lake City and Denver.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
By February of 2003, the S&P made a virtual round trip to 841, and didn’t breach 1500 once again until a decade later.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 7 July 2024
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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