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business development

business development noun: the creation of long-term value for an organization from customers, markets, and relationships.

Noun

business development (countable and uncountable, plural business developments)

  1. The creation of long-term value for an organization from customers, markets, and relationships.
    • With little internal fanfare, Peter reorganized a portion of the business development team to begin targeting the gaming space exclusively.2004, Eric M. Jackson, The PayPal Wars: Battles with EBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth, World Ahead Publishing, →ISBN, page 215
    Synonyms:
    BizDev, BD

Synonyms of business development

Forms of business development

pluralbusiness developments

Questions about business development

What does business development mean?
Business development means the creation of long-term value for an organization from customers, markets, and relationships.
What part of speech is business development?
Business development is a noun.
What is the plural of business development?
The plural of business development is business developments.

Words near business development in the dictionary

  1. business cycles
  2. business day
  3. business days
  4. business deal
  5. business deals
  6. business development
  7. business developments
  8. business district
  9. business districts
  10. business economics
  11. business end

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