business associate

collocation in English

meaningsofbusinessandassociate

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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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associate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/əˈsəʊ.si.ət/us
/əˈsoʊ.ʃi.ət/
used in the title of a person whose rank is slightly lower or less complete than the full official ...
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(Definition ofbusinessandassociatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbusiness associate

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Abusinessassociateand close friend of my aunt was recently diagnosed with a massive brain tumor.
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I do not in the least object to any attack on myself, or anybusinessassociateof mine, if he is found to be wrong.
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It makes the financial position of a company clear, not so much for the shareholder, but for the creditor, the customer, thebusinessassociateand the debenture holder.
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Stemkowski had lent $35,000 to abusinessassociate, which had not been repaid along with $35,000 in interest.
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He strenuously protested his innocence, claiming that the drugs were planted into his jacket pocket by a formerbusinessassociatewho wanted revenge.
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It begins when he is searching for a gift to give abusinessassociateand happens to discover a new shop in the marketplace.
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She is also suspicious of her husband's newbusinessassociateand friend.
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These changes are also required to be included in anybusinessassociateagreements with covered entities.
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Abusinessassociatewith whom she had been working in real estate discovered her body sprawled on the bathroom floor.
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I had believed that my husband's friends and business associates were my friends, too.
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She manages to get out and finds her way to an oldbusinessassociateof her uncle's, but he refuses to help and sends her away.
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By extension, bad road conditions can harm entrepreneurial innovativeness, competitiveness and aggressiveness because business associates, suppliers and workers are unable to reach the locations of enterprises.
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Dallas also has a flashback where she remembers that the criminal was once abusinessassociateof her father's, whom her father stole money from before running off.
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I believe that the business associated with the celebrations through which the country has recently been passing is business of the highest importance.
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Even if exhibitors withdraw when their own cinema is under discussion, naturally their friends and business associates will not recommend their prosecution in their absence.
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What about the business associates of the regime who come to this country?
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Being a public figure, one gets mail and business associated with being in that position.
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