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

Each metric ton of carbon pollution melts around 30 square feet of Arctic ice, according to one study, meaning a round trip flight between New York and Anchorage in Alaska, for example, results in a loss of about 70 square feet of Arctic ice. —Laura Paddison, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024

Admission: Free Difficulty: Easy Length: 4.8 miles round trip Details: 928-333-6200, www.fs.usda.gov/asnf Find the reporter at www.rogernaylor.com. —Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024

Owned by the Heiltsuk Nation, this 63-acre Denny Island property can be reached by ferry from Port Hardy ($84 round trip) or Bella Coola ($53 round trip) and offers accommodations suited to all budgets, from campsites ($15) to cozy lodge rooms with oceanfront balconies ($335). —Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 25 July 2024

Where the markets are now The S & P 500 has executed a complete round trip, from roughly 5,500 just prior to the jobs report, to the 5,186 close on Aug. 5, and now back to roughly 5,500. —Bob Pisani, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024

This is a good place to return for a round trip of about 4.5 miles. —Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024

Lassen Peak Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park Mileage: 4.6 miles round trip Access and Gaia GPS Route: Lassen Peak Trailhead Want to summit a California volcano but don’t want to brave the glaciated slopes of Mount Shasta? —Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024

Sedona hike: Arizona Cypress Trail Length: 3.8 miles round trip. —Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024

It’s made a complete round trip in the same period. —Bob Pisani, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above