adj
(business) selling a wide range of groceries, applied to wholesalers and distributors
v
(transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
n
Contract positions offered to technical programmers and other skilled personnel; subcontracting.
n
(international trade) The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.
n
Use of input from large numbers of people to collectively assess the merit of something.
v
Alternative form of crowdsource [To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.]
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(finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.
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The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.
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A department that provides services to existing customers.
n
The marketing and selling of products directly to consumers away from a fixed retail location.
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(UK, finance) An official visit by a government representative to a person or company registered for VAT (value added tax) to ensure they understand their tax obligations.
n
One who, or that which, exports: especially a person who or organization that exports or sells goods made in one country for delivery in another country.
adj
of or pertaining to a market or forum
n
(construction, engineering) A contractor hired to manage a project and to hire subcontractors. (If a customer serves as their own general contractor then this means they undertake the management tasks and the hiring of subcontractors.)
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(economics) Income-earning activities outside of traditional, long-term employer-employee relationships.
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(business) A form of outsourcing that employs socioeconomically disadvantaged people.
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A work arrangement where the functions of a single job are fulfilled by two or more people who work at different times.
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Alternative form of managed care [(US, medicine, healthcare) Medical services which are planned, directed, and controlled—especially by a health insurance company—in a manner designed to maximize the efficiency of the delivery and financing of health care.]
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The series of small tasks which together comprise a large unified project, completed by many people over the Internet.
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(chiefly UK, finance) A budget statement proposed by a government between annual budgets, involving special economic measures.
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(rare) The practice of outsourcing (jobs, work).
n
The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.
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(countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
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(US, travel) The official Customs and Border Protection list of countries whose citizens do not require six months' validity on their passport on arrival in the United States.
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recruiting of employees by means of social networking sites
n
Alternative form of sub tender [A submarine tender.]
n
(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.
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An identity document similar to a passport, but which does not confer proof of citizenship from the issuing country.
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A brief trip across a visited country's border in order to "restart the clock" on one's visa upon returning, where it would otherwise have expired.
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A simplified method of issuing visa (a permit to enter and leave a country) on arrival, as an alternative to a complete visa-free entry.
n
The total population of a country or region that is employed or employable.
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