round-trip ticket
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈraʊndˌtrɪp ˈtɪkɪt/
- US
:
billete de ida y vuelta
- Can I have a round-trip ticket to Washington?
Examples
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For a business round-trip ticket to Europe from the US, for example, it will require 100,000 miles.
Blog text (30) -
"When she didn't say anything right away, I said, "Did you buy a round-trip ticket?"
Fiction book (1998) -
And in it was a picture of me and my phone number, and a round trip ticket to New York.
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A round trip ticket to see Mom in Florida.
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Within four months, she has saved enough money for a round-trip ticket.
Fiction book (2002) -
Do you have any idea what a round-trip ticket from Denmark costs?
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I bought a round-trip ticket and prepared to spend six weeks in Argentina.
Academic text (1993) -
I opened it up and realized it was a first-class round-trip ticket in my name.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was issued a round-trip ticket to Geneva paid for by the Pope's own account.
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Can I have a round-trip ticket to Washington?
Synonyms
5
1.0
A ticket that lets you go to a place and return on the same route
Surface Forms
Morphology
round-trip + ticket
The meaning 'a ticket allowing a journey to a destination and a return' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'round' (indicating going around/return), 'trip' (a journey), and 'ticket' (a travel document). This adjectival compound follows a transparent compositional pattern and has clear equivalents in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the parts should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun round-trip ticket paints a simple picture: the words round and trip show a journey that goes out and then back. So a round-trip ticket is a ticket that lets you go to a place and then come back to the 'starting point'.