business elite

collocation in English

meaningsofbusinessandelite

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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/iˈliːt/us
/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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(Definition ofbusinessandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbusiness elite

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They worry that, amid democratization, the state has weakened and thebusinesselitehas become too powerful.
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These measures incited the generalised opposition of thebusinesseliteand were the motivating factor behind permanent industrial and political conflicts.
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Her findings, however, do not suggest that there exists an age-related language subgroup association within the samebusinesseliteclass.
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Yet it cannot be said that the colonialbusinesselitewas ever fully satisfied with the government's counter-insurgency policies and activities.
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As market owners constitute a smallbusinesselitethrough their well-developed political connections, most people consider this to be beyond their reach.
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Although the process was protracted, the result was a solid coalition of government technocrats and the new financial (bolseros) andbusinesselitecommitted to economic and financial opening.
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The crisis in my country was caused by greed - pure greed - among the political and bigbusinesselite.
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Beigrad has a long list of distinguished former pupils that form political, academic andbusinesselite.
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They had little time for the pragmatic ideas of thebusinesseliteand party politicians.
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It is designed to be a forum for the political, social, andbusinesseliteto assemble and build relationships.
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During the 1940s, 50s and 60s the school was very effective in educating thebusinesseliteduring a period of rapid agricultural transformation.
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This novel is the first of a saga about the fortunes of a retail empire and the machinations of thebusinesseliteacross three generations.
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Well connected, he was friends with the social andbusinesselitewho could afford to be involved in the costly sport of thoroughbred racing.
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The creation of a newbusinesseliteand their entrance into the party ranks meant that the line between business and politics has been blurred, giving way to more corruption.
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