(travel, UK) A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.
€230 same day return on the Eurostar for 6 hours in London on 31st May 🤔 If it wasn’t for having just had surgery on my lower back, I’d probably be booking that ngl
Sorry. That is no use. That’s a day return. 97 return within a month. Not cheap and not easy to do by coach. Grim
(travel, UK) A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.
"day return" means: A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"day return" means: A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(travel, UK, Ireland) Any of a series of airline tickets, issued with overlapping travel dates, used to circumvent airfare minimum stay requirements.
(British, Irish, countable, by extension) The price charged to passengers who travel without buying tickets in advance on certain public transport systems (especially British bus and tram systems) (compare penalty fare).
(countable, literally) The usual price for travel by air, rail, or another means of transport.
(US, dated) The passenger fare charged for riding on a streetcar, bus or similar public transit.
"day return" means: A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. Note the regional or dialect label (UK) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“€230 same day return on the Eurostar for 6 hours in London on 31st May 🤔 If it wasn’t for having just had surgery on my lower back, I’d probably be booking that ngl”
“Sorry. That is no use. That’s a day return. 97 return within a month. Not cheap and not easy to do by coach. Grim”
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(travel, UK, Ireland, dated) A package holiday rate without confirmed accommodation reservations, or using a dummy reservation, enabling the tour operator to sell charter airline seats in competition with the airlines.