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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Commercial operations organized and financed on a large scale.
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- noun sometimes capitalized Large,
for-profit corporations collectively, understood as having significanteconomic ,political , orsocial influence .
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- noun commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies
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BrainyBabe commented on the word big business
Actually, the capitals are important. This is the bull kept at ''Cold Comfort Farm'', the classic satire by Stella Gibbons. He services the cows (no straws for AI in those days) with the priceless names of Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless.
December 23, 2008