This is from the Telegraph online, 5th May 2019:
A Dundee University professor could be in for a £400m payday of one of Britain's brightest biotech companies decides to pull the trigger on its market debut plans
but what I want to know is, will the trigger start a race or shoot someone?
Word To Use Today: trigger. This word appeared in English in the 1600s as tricker, and came from the Dutch trekken, which means to march or journey, and before that to pull (as in an ox cart). Trek is basically the same word.
Having now read the whole thing, it seems that this trigger will start a race - though apparently, according to the article, the backers of the company haven't nailed down which Stock Exchange it will float on, yet.
Mind you, if they do nail it down, I can't see how it's going float, can you?
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