round trip

noun
1.
a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
2.
a transportation ticket for such a trip.
3.
Pinochle. roundhouse ( def 4 ).

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism

round-trip, adjective
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round trip
 
n
a trip to a place and back again, esp returning by a different route

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Idioms & Phrases

round trip

A journey to a given place and back again, usually over the same route; also, a ticket for such a trip. For example, The fare for a round trip is generally lower than for two one-way journeys. [Mid-1800s]

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Example sentences
Only monarchs born in late summer or early fall make the migration, and they
  make only one round trip.
We could send a round trip of midgets for less than half the cost of a one-way
  mission of average sized people.
Latency is the delay caused by a network as a packet of data makes a round trip.
There's no dispute over the constancy of the speed of light when measured over
  a round trip.
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