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agri-business

agri-business is the alternative form of agribusiness.

Meaning of agribusiness

Noun

agribusiness (countable and uncountable, plural agribusinesses)

  1. (uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
    • Near-synonym: agroindustry
    Synonyms:
    agroindustry
  2. (countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
    • The notable difference between the performance of the government's agricultural firms and private agribusinesses is that the private firms use formal production contracts. These contracts add a measure of market security to both the processing factory and the grower which is the cornerstone of an...1983 September 21, Steven R. Tabor, Larry C. Morgan, “Agricultural Production Contracting in Pakistan: A Case Study in Agribusiness Innovation”, in Pakistan’s Edible Oilseeds Industry: […]...

Forms of agri-business

pluralagri-businesses

Questions about agri-business

What is agri-business the alternative form of?
Agri-business is the alternative form of agribusiness.

Words near agri-business in the dictionary

  1. agretope
  2. agretopes
  3. agri
  4. agri-
  5. agri-biotechnology
  6. agri-business
  7. agri-businesses
  8. agri-entertainment
  9. agri-food
  10. agri-foods
  11. agri-politics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agri-business (page history and authors); agribusiness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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