business line
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3.2
- noun
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línea de negocio
- Franklin: Yes, we have a number of, um, we call them business lines or business areas.
Examples
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Uncle Sam's entry into this business line is a relatively recent development.
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The Saudi Insurance consists of three business lines: health insurance, protection and savings insurance, and general insurance.
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Ask the business line owners, the business development people, sales, marketing, and finance.
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The business line is at a $300 million run rate.
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This project might be the acquisition of a new business line or simply paying for the utilities necessary to continue the existing one.
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For each business line, an indicator intended to proxy operational risk is established.
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Honeywell has a wide-ranging business line, including work in the defense industries.
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Treating microfinance as a business line across institutional models is key to assuring fair treatment across the diverse range of financial institutions.
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Corn is St. Louis-based Monsanto's biggest business line, accounting for $4.81 billion of sales, or 41 percent of total revenue, in its 2011 fiscal year.
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The company expanded its offerings to include a new business line focused on eco-friendly products.
Synonyms
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3.0
A company or service that moves people and goods
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3.2
A group of similar products that a company sells under one brand
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3.1
A type of product or service a company offers
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2.4
A group of similar products sold by the same company
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3.2
A group of similar products a company sells
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'business' (company/commercial activity) with 'line' in the sense of a product or service family yields 'a line of business' which is a common, predictable formation. This sense is cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'línea de negocio', 'ligne de produits'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents is likely to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Business line comes from a simple picture: a shop or factory puts similar products or services in one long line or group, and the company runs that business area together. So a business line means 'a group of similar products or services' that a company sells.