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trip

 
 
/trɪp/ noun [C]

Definition

a journey to a place, where you stay for a short time, and then come back again: go on/make/take a trip She always flies business class when she goes on trips to the US.
a part of a journey to or back from a place: the outward/return trip The trucks are being loaded for the return trip. → See also business trip, round trip
(Definition of trip noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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