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
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The analysis quantified the capacity absorbed by round-Africa diversions across Asia-to-Europe and some Asia-to-North America East Coast services, accounting for roughly four additional vessels needed per round trip for affected services.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Flying from Houston to Orlando is running from $38 to $142 round trip, about 40 percent lower than last year.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
There is a bus system (rides start at €2) that connects most of the major tourist sites in Palma, and a railway (round trip, €40) that brings passengers to some other sites, including Sollér.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
For example, moving a single weekly service back to a Suez Canal routing involves 14 vessels on a 98-day round trip, of which 12 would be routed back to Suez and the last two vessels would be taken out of the service, Murphy explained.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Tickets for those 16 and older are $75 in the spring/fall for one-way travel and $150 for round trips.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The drive from her home in South Carolina to the Charlotte hospital was almost 100 miles round trip.
—Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Ogaard said recent projects the bank financed include a $10 million opioid treatment facility in northern North Dakota and a northern Minnesota grocery store that eliminated the need for a 75-mile round trip for fresh food.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
For most in the project, getting to and from Liftboat Robert meant a voyage of seven hours or more from Fall River, Massachusetts, on a supply boat that made round trips every 10 days or so to replenish stocks and rotate people.
—Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Flying from Houston to Orlando is running from $38 to $142 round trip, about 40 percent lower than last year.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
There is a bus system (rides start at €2) that connects most of the major tourist sites in Palma, and a railway (round trip, €40) that brings passengers to some other sites, including Sollér.
—Emilio Parra Doiztua, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
For example, moving a single weekly service back to a Suez Canal routing involves 14 vessels on a 98-day round trip, of which 12 would be routed back to Suez and the last two vessels would be taken out of the service, Murphy explained.
—Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Tickets for those 16 and older are $75 in the spring/fall for one-way travel and $150 for round trips.
—Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The drive from her home in South Carolina to the Charlotte hospital was almost 100 miles round trip.
—Andrew Dys, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
Ogaard said recent projects the bank financed include a $10 million opioid treatment facility in northern North Dakota and a northern Minnesota grocery store that eliminated the need for a 75-mile round trip for fresh food.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
For most in the project, getting to and from Liftboat Robert meant a voyage of seven hours or more from Fall River, Massachusetts, on a supply boat that made round trips every 10 days or so to replenish stocks and rotate people.
—Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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