businesses (noun)

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• Federation of Small Businesses — UK }} US }} noun COMMERCE ► THE FSB(Cf. ↑the FSB) …   Financial and business terms

• industrial relations — noun plural : the dealings or relationships of a usually large business or industrial enterprise with its own workers, with labor in general, with governmental agencies, or with the public or the relationships between industries or large… …   Useful english dictionary

• trust — n 1 a: a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another s property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b: an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also… …   Law dictionary

• business — noun 1 buying and selling of goods ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ profitable ▪ private ▪ core ▪ It s time to focus on the company s core business …   Collocations dictionary

• phone book — noun a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers • Syn: ↑phonebook, ↑telephone book, ↑telephone directory • Hypernyms: ↑directory • Hyponyms: ↑white pages, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• finance company — noun a financial institution (often affiliated with a holding company or manufacturer) that makes loans to individuals or businesses • Hypernyms: ↑nondepository financial institution • Hyponyms: ↑consumer finance company, ↑small loan company,… …   Useful english dictionary

• free enterprise — noun an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices • Syn: ↑market economy, ↑private enterprise, ↑laissez faire economy • Ant: ↑non market economy (for: ↑market economy) …   Useful english dictionary

• mercantile agency — noun an organization that provides businesses with credit ratings of other firms Dun & Bradstreet is the largest mercantile agency in the United States • Syn: ↑commercial agency • Hypernyms: ↑agency * * * noun 1. : the ag …   Useful english dictionary

• bricks and mortar — noun building material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between them • Hypernyms: ↑building material * * * bricks and mortar Brit : houses and other buildings especially when people consider buying them because of their possible future value …   Useful english dictionary

• trickle-down theory — noun : an economic theory that financial benefits given to big business will in turn pass down to smaller businesses and consumers * * * an economic theory that monetary benefits directed esp. by the government to big business will in turn pass… …   Useful english dictionary

• price war — noun intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business • Syn: ↑price competition • Hypernyms: ↑competition * * * noun : a period of intensive industrial or commercial competition characterized by repeated price cutting… …   Useful english dictionary