return ticket

Fare back home

A return ticket is a ticket for a journey to a destination and back again, what Americans call a round-trip ticket.

The term is standard in British English and common in countries that follow British usage: I booked a return ticket to Edinburgh.

A single ticket, by contrast, covers only one direction.

journey

homecoming

Returning to one's origin

homewardToward one's dwelling
reunionGathering after separation
arrivalAct of reaching destination

departure · outbound · inbound · round-trip · loop · back · origin · destination · stopover · layover

fare

price

Monetary value assigned

costRequired payment amount
refundMoney returned after purchase
expenseMoney paid out

rate · charge · fee · payment · discount · economy · premium · upgrade · tariff · reimbursement

travel

booking

Advance arrangement secured

reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
confirmationEstablishing something as true
boarding passAirline entry document

check-in · airline · railway · ferry · coach · Eurostar · Amtrak · commuter · season pass · validity

Categories

paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
ticketsstub, pass, day pass, rail pass, rail passes
British Railcarriage, guard, signal box, level crossing, platform
ferriesferry boats, ferry, ferry service, jetfoil, ferry routes
travel documentspassport, passports, travel document, visas, travel visa

Opposites

journey structure

return ticketone-way ticket

Fare for departure only

single ticket · one-way fare · single · one-way · open ticket

Family

return, ticket, returned, returning, tickets, returnable, returners, returner, nonreturnable

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