business trip

English

Etymology

business +‎ trip.

Noun

business trip (plural business trips)

  1. Travel for business purposes, often paid for at least partially by the employer.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […] and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.

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