See Also: off-sale(dictionary)
Sale(money)
Tax Sale(money)
Last sale(finance)
Sale(finance)
SLD last sale(money)
pre-sale(dictionary)
sale(1)(dictionary)
sale(2)(dictionary)
Sale(tourism)

agribusiness (sh) and sale(2) (iou)


agribusiness (sh)




Agriculture operated by business; specifically, that part of a modern national economy devoted to the production, processing, and distribution of Food and fibre products and byproducts.

Commercial farming has largely supplanted the family farm in production of cash crops. Some Food-processing firms that operate farms have begun to market fresh produce under their brand names. In recent years, conglomerates involved in nonagricultural businesses have entered agribusiness by buying and operating large farms.


sale(2) (iou)



sale verb. Pres. pple saleing, saling. E19.
[from the noun.]
verb intrans. & trans. Sell. rare. E19.
verb intrans. Shop at a sale. Also, hold a sale. Now rare. E20.