business executive

collocation in English

meaningsofbusinessandexecutive

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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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executive
noun[C]
uk
/ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv/us
/ɪɡˈzek.jə.t̬ɪv/
someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them ...
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(Definition ofbusinessandexecutivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Five occupational categories were used: professional andbusinessexecutive, clerical and sales worker, farmer and farm labourer, skilled worker and unskilled worker.
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Bilingualism is an element of the narratee's sophistication as a superiorbusinessexecutivewho holds values of tradition and quality.
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There were two characteristics defining membership in the upper-middle class-a family income of at least $10,000 and a household head who is a professional orbusinessexecutive.
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It enables the mobile office to move with thebusinessexecutive, which is not possible with a hire car.
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It never has been a question of having some greatbusinessexecutivewho could drive the housing programme through the industries of the country.
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The dangerous man is still thebusinessexecutiveor commercial traveller, or the single man in a hurry.
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Whatbusinessexecutivewhen he embarks upon an exercise can quantify with absolute certainty the profit from year to year?
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One of the greatest problems where old people are concerned is the retiredbusinessexecutive.
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Another consideration is thebusinessexecutiveusing non-scheduled flights.
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It should be used as abusinessexecutiveairfield.
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If abusinessexecutiveis declared redundant, the board of directors give him £5,000, or three years' salary, or twelve months' salary; and nobody calls it a question of hardship.
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He pointed out that municipal undertakings at the moment have a very intimate and close relationship between theirbusinessexecutiveand persons employed in various trades in their districts.
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Life for a director, or bigbusinessexecutive, would then become intolerable.
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He is a qualified attorney, and an activebusinessexecutive.
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In the film, she played the widow of a deceased musicbusinessexecutive.
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Abusinessexecutivewill ask different questions of a system make-up than would a system implementer.
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Mahoney has pursued a number of personal interests at the professional level as both a lawyer, sometime lobbyist andbusinessexecutive.
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Once in front of the judge, abusinessexecutivein the field will interview the team on the case for 15 minutes.
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Patterson, a successfulbusinessexecutivewho has the body and awkward movements of a baby.
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