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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] |
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. |
administrator |
a person who manages, esp. business or public affairs; executive; bureaucrat. [1/2 definitions] |
advertising |
the business, profession, or action of creating and distributing notices to the public for the purpose of stimulating sales of 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 |
(pl.) public or business matters. [1/6 definitions] |
agency |
an organization, franchise, or business that acts on behalf of others. [2/4 definitions] |
airline |
a system of transportation by air offering scheduled flights between various points, or a business that owns and operates the equipment required by such a system. [1/2 definitions] |
antitrust |
in opposition to unrestrained monopolistic business practices. |
associate |
to come together as friends, business partners, or companions (often fol. by "with"). [2/10 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 concerned with the safeguarding, exchanging, and lending of money. [1/6 definitions] |
banking |
the business or profession of running a bank. |
bar1 |
a business establishment that primarily serves alcoholic drinks, or an area within an establishment where alcoholic drinks are prepared. [1/13 definitions] |
barber |
a person whose business is to shave, cut, or style hair and beards. [1/2 definitions] |
billing |
(often pl.) the total amount of business done, as by an advertising agency, in a specified period of time. [1/3 definitions] |
bill of exchange |
a written order to pay a specified amount to a specified person, used mainly in conducting business abroad. |
blue law |
any law prohibiting drinking, dancing, working, or doing business on Sunday. |
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