successful business

collocation in English

meaningsofsuccessfulandbusiness

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successful
adjective
uk
/səkˈses.fəl/us
/səkˈses.fəl/
achieving the results wanted or ...
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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofsuccessfulandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The oldest and mostsuccessfulbusinesswas, without doubt, the launderette.
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Establishedsuccessfulbusinessprocesses are extremely valuable and very expensive to change because of many interdependent issues.
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But his conclusions are drawn from the study of probate registers, which show the situation for people with a long andsuccessfulbusinesslife behind them.
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Harald had run asuccessfulbusinessand took pride in being financially well off in his old age.
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There was nothing fraudulent in that, but, at all events, it was not verysuccessfulbusiness.
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One remains a workman all his life and the other builds up asuccessfulbusiness.
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Very few of these independent service providers have what many "proper business people" would consider asuccessfulbusiness.
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It joins the alreadysuccessfulbusinesssponsorship incentive scheme in promoting business spending and practical help for the arts.
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This bankruptcy was described by the local press as having "cost him a oncesuccessfulbusiness".
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Nosuccessfulbusinesscould ever function on this hand-to-mouth basis.
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Low inflation and economic stability are in the interests of anysuccessfulbusiness.
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There are two classes ofsuccessfulbusinessmen connected with the commerce and manufactures of this country.
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Suppose we had done what we might have done, but did not, and had recently invested in somesuccessfulbusinessand made a profit of£5,000?
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Unfortunately, it is a verysuccessfulbusinessin terms of growth and profits.
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He is asuccessfulbusinessman who has come into politics.
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We need to understand much more about what makes asuccessfulbusiness.
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It is asuccessfulbusiness, but it is having difficulty competing with competitors here and abroad.
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Obviously, the idea of competition is a very strong element insuccessfulbusiness.
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Clearly, we must get the balance right, but we all rely on a thriving andsuccessfulbusinesssector.
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Why do they hatesuccessfulbusinessmen who manage companies here and abroad and who bring profits and dividends to this country?
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