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round-trip

round-trip is the alternative spelling of round trip.

round-trip is the alternative spelling of roundtrip.

Meaning of round trip

Noun

round trip (plural round trips)

  1. (figuratively, often) A trip from one destination to another and then returning to the starting location.
    • Margaret purchased a single round trip ticket to and from Chicago, as it was cheaper than buying two one-way tickets.
  2. In an oil-drilling operation, the raising, disassembly and replacement of the drilling equipment.
    • As drilling progresses, the bit gets more and more worn, till eventually it has to be replaced. In order for the bit to be replaced, the whole string has to be lugged up to the surface and taken apart section by section. Once done, the string can be put back together and the bit lowered to the well...2014, Exploring Tech Careers: Fourth Edition (page 632), Ferguson Publishing
  3. A form of barter that involves the sale of an unused asset and the purchase of the same asset back again, or a similar one, typically used in accounting fraud.
    Synonyms:
    lazy Susan
  4. The investment of a borrowed overdraft in order to make a profit in the same market.
  5. The export and eventual reimport of a file, data, etc. without loss of fidelity.

Meaning of roundtrip

Verb

roundtrip (third-person singular simple present roundtrips, present participle roundtripping, simple past and past participle roundtripped)

  1. (transitive) To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.
    • In the colorimetric intents only the values within the gamut of the data encoding can be roundtripped accurately[…]2010, Phil Green, Michael Kriss, Color Management: Understanding and Using ICC Profiles, page 284
  2. To engage in the form of barter called a round trip.

Forms of round-trip

Noun
pluralround-trips
Verb
third-person singular presentround-trips
present participleround-tripping
past participleround-tripped
pastround-tripped

Phrases with round-trip

Questions about round-trip

What is round-trip the alternative spelling of?
Round-trip is the alternative spelling of round trip.

Words near round-trip in the dictionary

  1. round-tabling
  2. round-tailed muskrat
  3. round-the-clock
  4. round-top
  5. round-tops
  6. round-trip
  7. round-trip delay time
  8. round-trip delay times
  9. round-trip light time
  10. round-trip light times
  11. round-trip ticket

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