a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest

2. control of other countries as if they were part of an empire O Multinational businesses are accused of economic impe- rialism. (NOTE: [all senses] no plural)

Plural form of business

A contribution for the support of a government required of persons, groups, or businesses within the domain of that government, A fee or dues levied on the members of an organization to meet its expenses, A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority, verb_ set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine), make a charge against or accuse, levy a tax on, transitive verb_ To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object, To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money from for the support of government, To make difficult or excessive demands upon

The organized activity or an instance of soliciting money or pledges, as for charitable organizations or political campaigns, The legitimate process of collecting money by requesting donations from individuals and businesses

perform as expected when applied, direct or control; projects, businesses, etc, To produce, as an effect; to cause, transitive To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work, To produce, as an effect; to cause, intransitive To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence, To control the functioning of; run, To perform a function; work

The act of cooperating or being cooperative, The association of persons or businesses for common, usually economic, benefit, An orderly sharing of space or resources

An association or a combination, as of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture, A cooperative arrangement among groups or institutions, an association of companies for some definite purpose

Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution, An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism, The process of growing; gradual natural increase, as of an animal or vegetable body; specifically, the process of developing from a germ, seed, or root to maturity, adjective_ Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns,