Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

round trip

English answer:

same as two-way

Added to glossary by Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
May 23, 2005 22:10
18 yrs ago
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English term

a two-way trip vs a round trip

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I'd like to know if there's any difference and, in case there isn't, which term is the most used.

Thanks!

Discussion

Tony M May 24, 2005:
Sorry, that was an appalling explanation! I should have said 'starts and finishes from the same place' and 'goes to a certain destination'
Tony M May 24, 2005:
but a round trip is just occasionally used to mean a trip that starts from the same place, and goes to some final destination, but where the outward and return journeys are over DIFFERENT routes (hence 'round') --- used on sightseeing tours, for example.
Tony M May 24, 2005:
In BE, there CAN be a nuance of meaning occasionally employed: a 2-way trip certainly implies a return journey over the same route; ...

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the most comonly used is : a round trip
Peer comment(s):

agree Rocío Silveira de Andrade
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agree Gustavo Caldas
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agree rangepost : round trip
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agree Nick Lingris : "two-way trip" is rare. But "round-trip ticket", "two-way ticket" (or the British "return ticket") are all quite common.
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agree Maria Nicholas (X)
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agree Alp Berker : round trip more common
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agree RHELLER : don't hear two way anymore
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agree Luz Dumanowsky
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agree Ildiko Santana
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agree Refugio
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agree Can Altinbay : Don't hear two-way nowadays.
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agree airmailrpl : most comonly used is : a round trip
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agree Alfa Trans (X)
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