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(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
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(uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
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(idiomatic, by extension) The part of anything that is most important and that produces the significant result.
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the usual procedure followed in business, or a particular business.
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A role; the position in which one functions
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The work required to deal with cases in any profession where a "case" has a specific definition (e.g. legal, social work, planning, etc.).
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(management) An important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage.
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The act of providing services to customers before, during and after a purchase.
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(by extension, sometimes proscribed) Rating, independent of the underlying algorithm used.
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Assignments offered as a way to gain points, typically in a class, that are not mandatory to complete.
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The business of a factor.
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(accounting) A method of inventory accounting that values items withdrawn from inventory at the cost of the oldest item assumed to remain in inventory.
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(business) The ability to offer many types of related service rather than a limited set of specialisms.
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The process of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization.
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(obsolete) agency; influence; production of effects
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(business) Risk carried by an organization that depends to a great extent on one individual for its success.
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(marketing) The totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group.
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Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
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(operations) The process of planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from their point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of satisfying customer requirements.
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The act of operating or working; operation.
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A lever, key or device installed in a operant chamber, upon which the "subject" exerts its responses. Sometimes referred to as a manipulandum. In the prototypical operant conditioning experiment, a rat (the subject) presses upon a lever (the operandum) which triggers the delivery of food (the reward or reinforcer).
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An operative person or thing.
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Someone who has an operation.
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Involved in an operation.
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(business) The business cycle from startup of operations to the profit; from obtaining the raw material, through designing and production, to the distribution and profits.
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Alternative form of operations research [(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.]
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(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.
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A participant in an operation.
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(obsolete) A laboratory. [16th–17th c.]
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The spiritual effect in the performance of a religious rite which accrues from the virtue inherent in it, or by grace imparted to it, irrespective of the performer.
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(business) The process of achieving an outcome of change or transformation through activities, performance measures and targets. Typically used by local authorities and other organisations when developing business plans.
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Abbreviation of priority five. the lowest, least important, priority or importance level, usually
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(management) Skills in dealing with or managing people.
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The process of ensuring that organisational goals are consistently being met in an effective and efficient manner.
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(social media, dated) To give a mark of approval on Google+.
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(countable) A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
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A company's business activity in a particular market.
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(marketing, of a consumer product) Targeted at serious, enthusiastic consumers, incorporating professional features but often modified for non-professional use.
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One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality.
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Describing a facility in which the customer does the work rather than being waited on.
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(business) The ability to sustain a business in the long term, which is a state that is partly dependent on, but broader than, profitability today or in the short term; it involves aspects of a plausible path toward eventual profitability (as applies to a startup) and ecologic sustainability (for example, the long-term dependence of the timber/lumber industry on forest preservation and renewal, or of fisheries on viable fish stocks).
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(business) A pool of potential employees maintained by a company for future recruitment.
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(education) The act of using the think-pair-share strategy.
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The activity of imparting and acquiring skills.
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The number or proportion of people who attend or participate in an event (especially an election) or are present at a venue.
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(business, management) The benefit (such as profit or convenience) offered by an organisation's product or service.
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