legitimate business

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandbusiness

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withbusiness.
legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
See more atlegitimate
business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
See more atbusiness

(Definition oflegitimateandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate business

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
They attempt to whitewash themselves by moving intolegitimatebusinesssectors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Some money may come fromlegitimatebusinessactivities or private savings, or from constituency backers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Is it not outrageous that ancient laws like this can be used against trade unionists going about theirlegitimatebusiness?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The trade not only affects thelegitimatebusiness, particularly small, high street traders, but has a damaging effect on children.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I tried to persuade these carters to carry out theirlegitimatebusinessand transport the goods to the railway station.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are working closely with industry and others to ensure that we achieve targeted and effective controls without overburdeninglegitimatebusiness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We are endeavouring to allow people who are onlegitimatebusinessto come over here.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They have pretended to belegitimatebusinessmen, but they have skimmed off everything that they possibly could.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What is remarkable is that most people, most of the time, even in periods of violent upheaval, go about theirlegitimatebusinessin legitimate ways.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
People do not realise that forlegitimatebusinessthe export credit is absolutely useless.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Being a gangmaster is alegitimatebusiness, providing large numbers of workers at short notice.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Factories now engaged in war-time production will be endeavouring to return to their own pre-warlegitimatebusiness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Everyone is operating a perfectlylegitimatebusinesspractice because computers run with a monthly cut-off.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why now ask him to register in order to carry on his perfectlylegitimatebusiness?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Nobody wants to go to anybody to ask permission to carry on hislegitimatebusiness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There islegitimatebusinessleft for all these people.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The provision of risk capital is a perfectlylegitimatebusinesswhich provides perfectly legitimate rewards.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They can loiter about, and they can, in the opinion of the taxi-men, steal thelegitimatebusinessof the taxi industry.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I submit that what islegitimatebusinesspractice in selling to consumers should equally apply to consumers attempting to purchase.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I can see nothing inconsistent in doinglegitimatebusiness.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition oflegitimate
Go to the definition ofbusiness
See other collocations withbusiness