Round-trip ticket

How it is used

Round-trip is American English; British English says return ticket, or simply a return. Booking sites ask you to choose round trip, one way or multi-city, and then enter the outbound and return dates.

Example sentences

1. A round-trip ticket to Lisbon costs less than two one-way fares.

2. Is that a one-way or a round-trip ticket?

Common collocations

• round-trip fare
• return ticket
• book a round trip
• outbound and return flights

Related terms

• one-way ticketA ticket that covers the journey to a place but not the journey back, so the return has to be bought separately.
• ticketA paper or electronic document showing that you have paid to travel on a plane, train, bus or boat, or to enter a place.
• fareThe amount of money you pay to travel on a plane, train, bus, taxi or boat.
• itineraryA detailed plan of a journey that lists the flights, dates, times and places in order, and often the hotels and activities too.

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