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trip

1. 
a. any catch on a mechanism that acts as a switch
b. (as modifier): trip button
2. a surge in the conditions of a chemical or other automatic process resulting in an instability
3. Informal a hallucinogenic drug experience
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trip

[trip]
(engineering)
To release a lever or set free a mechanism.
(mining engineering)
The line of cars hauled by mules or by motor, or run on a slope, plane, or sprag road.
An automatic arrangement for dumping cars.
(ordnance)
Part of the mechanism of some firearms, released by the action of the trigger.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The data of the European statistics broadly coincide with the data of NSI about the trips of the Bulgarians in the past 2017 - the biggest share was the trips of the Bulgarians inside the country (about 85% of all trips).
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Lithuanians spent the least amount of money per business trip. In all, people from Lithuania made 89,000 business trips to the UK in 2016, but only spent an average of PS78 on each one.
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Those from Australia spent the most per business trip to the UK
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Australia spent per to the UK TOP COUNTRIES FOR BUSINESS TOURISM TO THE UK (BY NUMBER OF TRIPS)
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Some 9.1m people visited spent on business increased by 2012-16 the UK in 2016 for business purposes, spending an average PS593 per trip.
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