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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈæɡɹɪˌbɪznəs/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation:
/-nɪs/
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AE1 G R AH0 B IH2 Z N AH0 S
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Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Near-synonym: agroindustry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agroindustry
Antonyms: none provided
A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a large-scale farming enterprise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agriculture, factory farm
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
From agri- + business, or a blend of agriculture + business, coined by American academic and diplomat John Herbert Davis (1904–1988).
Across languages
Translations 27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin :
農企業 /农企业
(nóngqǐyè)
— big business connected to agriculture
Chinese Mandarin :
農業綜合企業 /农业综合企业
(nóngyè zōnghé qǐyè)
— big business connected to agriculture
Finnish :
maatalousbisnes
— big business connected to agriculture
Finnish :
maatalousliiketoiminta
— big business connected to agriculture
French :
agro-industrie
— big business connected to agriculture
German :
Agribusiness
— big business connected to agriculture
German :
Agrobusiness
— big business connected to agriculture
Indonesian :
agribisnis
— big business connected to agriculture
Italian :
agribusiness
— big business connected to agriculture
Japanese :
アグリビジネス
(aguribijinesu)
— big business connected to agriculture
Lithuanian :
agroverslas
— big business connected to agriculture
Malay :
agribisnis
— big business connected to agriculture
Polish :
agrobiznes
— big business connected to agriculture
Portuguese :
agronegócio
— big business connected to agriculture
Russian :
агроби́знес
(agrobíznes)
— big business connected to agriculture
Serbo-Croatian :
agrobiznis
— big business connected to agriculture
Spanish :
agronegocio
— big business connected to agriculture
Sundanese :
agribisnis
— big business connected to agriculture
Swedish :
jordbruksnäring
— big business connected to agriculture
Swedish :
lantbruksnäring
— big business connected to agriculture
Tajik :
агробизнес
(agrobiznes)
— big business connected to agriculture
Uzbek :
agrobiznes
— big business connected to agriculture
Indonesian :
agribisnis
— business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture
Malay :
perniagaan tani
— business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture
Polish :
agrobiznes
— business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture
Serbo-Croatian :
agrobiznis
— business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture
Spanish :
agronegocio
— business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture
