round trip

noun

ˈrau̇n(d)-ˌtrip 

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

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

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

Examples of round trip in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Singapore Airlines’ fare calendar shows that premium economy tickets typically cost between $2,000 and $4,000 round trip on the U.S. routes in the coming months. —Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024

Additional perks for guests who book early include an impressive $500 air credit per person when booked through Flight Ease, plus complimentary round trip airport transfers to and from the Fort Lauderdale airport. —Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 29 Feb. 2024

For example, a 13-day Norwegian itinerary that begins in Cape Town on Dec. 7 and ends in Mauritius on Dec. 20 has prices that start at $899 per person for an inside stateroom, but flights can be well over $1,000 round trip. —Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024

McDowell Sonoran Preserve hike: Gooseneck loop Length: 6.6 miles round trip. —Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024

Even so, bargains are still within reach, including notable deals from New York to Cancun for $250 round trip, Chicago to Dublin for under $500 and Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for about $140. —Camille Knox, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024

Those who travel between Saturday, Feb. 10, and Monday, Feb. 12, will pay $228 round trip per person. —Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 3 Feb. 2024

Dozens of drivers newly approved to provide transportation for Medicaid programs allegedly packed their cars with patients, taking them on lucrative round trips of 200 miles or more between southern Colorado and unwitting methadone clinics in metro Denver. —Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2024

To have enough propellant for a round trip to the lunar surface, the Artemis III Starship will have to refuel in Earth orbit before departing for the moon. —Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above