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

The routes listed reflect round trip flights rather than one-ways in a single direction. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Asia, 17 Dec. 2024

Savings are available on 19 departures from seven to 18 nights beginning March 14, 2025, including Ushuaia roundtrip, Ushuaia to King George Island, and King George Island round trip. —Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2024

For a longer experience, the four-hour Holiday Pavillion Tour includes a round trip experience, a two-hour layover, and opportunities to visit spots such as McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee. —Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024

The most popular is Discover Doha, which includes round trip airport transfers, visits Dhow Harbour, Katara Cultural Village, the Blue Mosque, Gold Mosque, Galleries Lafayette and the Souq Waqif, all for $31. —Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025

The round trip air transportation element begins and ends at the point of departure. —USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025

When Lockheed moved from Burbank to Palmdale in 1989, Nickerson chose to commute roughly 130 miles round trip each day rather than leave his neighborhood, his daughter told KCAL. —Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025

Trails to consider: Castle Rock Trail to Castle Rock Falls runs 2.8 miles round trip, and is rated moderate. —Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025

Frontier flights ranging from $48 to $68 round trip were advertised for some mid-December dates, including a Dec. 16-18 itinerary priced at $53. —Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above