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| account |
an arrangement with a store or other business that allows a customer to pay for goods or services on credit offered by the store instead of the customer using cash at the time of sale or using a standard credit card. In such cases, the store generally offers its own store credit card. [3/16 definitions] |
| accountant |
a person who checks and takes care of business records or accounts. |
| accounting |
the profession or system of keeping record of the money that is spent or taken in by a business or person. |
| account payable |
an amount owed to a creditor by a business, usu. for goods and services received. |
| account receivable |
an amount owed to a business by a debtor, usu. for goods and services received. |
| address |
the place where one lives or a business is located. The address has the street name and number, city, and state or province. [1/6 definitions] |
| administration |
the people in charge of a group, organization, or business. |
| administrator |
a person who manages, especially in business or public affairs. |
| advertise |
to present as good or favorable in order to win people's business or support. [1/3 definitions] |
| advertising |
the act, job, or business of designing and putting out notices to the public, usually in order to sell a product or service. [1/2 definitions] |
| advertising man |
one who works in the advertising business, esp. as a designer, salesman, or executive; adman. |
| affair |
(plural) public or business matters. [1/5 definitions] |
| affairs |
public or business matters. |
| agency |
a company or organization that does business in support of other companies or people. An agency helps people do things that are difficult or complicated to do just by themselves. [2/3 definitions] |
| airline |
a business that offers travel by airplane from one place to another. |
| antitrust |
in opposition to unrestrained monopolistic business practices. |
| associate |
a person who is active with someone else in operating a business; a partner. [2/3 definitions] |
| attaché case |
a flat rectangular briefcase, hinged like a suitcase, and usu. used for carrying business papers or documents. |
| backer |
someone who supports or gives time or money to a business, a cause, or the like. |
| bandit |
one who takes unfair advantage of others, esp. in business dealings; swindler; cheat. [1/3 definitions] |
| bank2 |
a business for holding, borrowing, or exchanging money. |
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