operations
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌɑpəˈreɪʃənz/
- Specialized
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operaciones
- In the last several years, a lot of dealers, particularly bigger corporate operations, maintain their records in computer files.
Examples
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Investors are interested in how well the company manages its daily financial operations.
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So companies having a choice of how to finance their operations, typically they start out with equity.
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If significantly more foreign companies were setting up operations in Mexico, we'd expect to see a jump in FDI.
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BEST DAY OF MY LIFE... WOULD HAVE TO BE WHEN I WAS PROMOTED TO VP OF OPERATIONS.
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FACILITIES MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS
Academic text (1997) -
LARGE DAIRY OPERATIONS
Academic text (2006) -
IN THE FIRST GULF WAR, HE HAD COMMANDED 22,000 SOLDIERS RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN THE KURDISH ZONE OF NORTHERN IRAQ.
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The financial firm streamlined its operations to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
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Effective customer service is crucial for the operations of any successful brokerage.
Synonyms
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4.4
Activities that handle and record buying and selling of investments for a company
Compounds
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4.2
A place where people plan and start activities like a military camp or company office
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7.2
An area where soldiers fight and do military work during a war
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6.1
Study that uses math to find the best way to solve problems in organisations
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4.4
Activities that handle and record buying and selling of investments for a company
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A measure of how many billion math calculations a computer does each second
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A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second
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A measure of computer speed equal to one trillion math calculations every second
How Automated
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Morphology
Etymology
Operations comes from the old Latin word operari, which means 'to work', and it shares the same root as operate and operator. That's why operations refers to the regular 'work' or tasks that keep a business running, such as settling trades and keeping customer records.