roundtrip

Out and back

Roundtrip describes a journey that returns to its starting point: a roundtrip ticket, roundtrip airfare.

The two-word form round trip usually functions as a noun: The round trip takes about four hours.

In computing, a roundtrip is a complete cycle of sending data and receiving a response: roundtrip latency.

travel

itinerary

Planned sequence of destinations

booking · fare · ticket · reservation · departure · arrival · destination · flight · journey · voyage

route

loop

Curve closing on itself

out-and-back · route · path · boomerang · cycle · orbit · circumnavigation

pricing

fare

Transport payment

  • discountReduced price offered
  • saverOne who keeps resources
  • dealAgreement or distribution

bargain · economy · coach · budget · affordable · cost-effective · value · package · promotional · refundable

computing

request

Formal act of seeking

server · client · API · query · packet · network · bandwidth · timeout · handshake · synchronous

Categories
Opposites
journey completeness

roundtripone-way

Permitting single direction travel

direct · one-way ticket · point-to-point · no return · one-way trip

directional flow

roundtripone-way

Permitting single direction travel

unidirectional · linear

Family

roundtrips, roundtripping

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G