Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Farming engaged in as a large-scale business operation embracing the production, processing, and distribution of agricultural products and the manufacture of farm machinery, equipment, and supplies.
Wiktionary
- n. big business connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large scale farms, or catering to those who do.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large-scale farming enterprise
Etymologies
- agri- + business. Blend of agriculture and business (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It was the puppy mills and their pals in agribusiness that lobbied state lawmakers to refer a measure to the ballot to take away voting rights in the state and make sure only politicians, not citizens, could make decisions on animal issues.”
The Huffington Post: Wayne Pacelle: Playing Politics with Puppy Mill Abuse
“Their efforts purportedly help those in agribusiness, but new government data demonstrate otherwise.”
The Huffington Post: Wendy Keefover-Ring: Wildlife Services Dodges Disclosure on Animal Killing
“Unaccountable to the public -- except those in agribusiness -- these agents employ a secret arsenal that would make any mercenary army proud: helicopters, airplanes, guns, poisons, traps, snares, and wildlife-chasing hounds.”
The Huffington Post: Wendy Keefover-Ring: Wildlife Services Dodges Disclosure on Animal Killing
“If you don't fall into either of those categories, you might want to increase your stock in German agribusiness giant Bayer.”
The Huffington Post: John DeCock: Another Agribusiness Disaster on the Horizon
“How we get there, over the interests of the health insurance industry, big pharma (who are perfectly happy with lots of people with chronic health problems brought on by unhealthy lifestyles) and agribusiness is the problem. jayackroyd”
“Latin American agribusiness development S. A: Shrimp farm loan proposal (Teaching and learning paper series) by Oliver Nuyens”
OpEdNews - Diary: Food, Farms & Pharmaceuticals: the vampire on our backs
“That Canadian agribusiness is globally competitive; we have advantages and we should use them to fuel growth; and,”
“Guard units called agribusiness development teams (ADTs).”
“Emerson’s plan to outlaw climate science for agribusiness is no surprise — she has received $952,084 from the sector, far more than any other, and has attacked the regulation of greenhouse gases before.”
Wonk Room » Norm Dicks Is Considering Outlawing Science On Behalf Of Big Ag
“By consolidating agricultural interests into what was to be termed agribusiness, creating genetically modified organisms out of heritage seeds with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, patenting the new seeds, and making sure that these new seeds are force-fed to U.S. farmers as well as the rest of the world.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘agribusiness’.
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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AGRI - sustainable agriculture
abiota, aborigines, absorptive capacity, acceptable daily ..., acclimation, acid precipitation, acquired by weeds..., active solar heating, acute, adaptation, additives, aerosol and 447 more...
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AGRI - sugar sector
Terms used in the EU's Common Agricultural Policy referring to policy issues in the sugar sector.
HU translations: arable crops, bioethanol distil..., bioethanol outlet, cereals, chicory, common market org..., Everything But Ar..., energy crops, export refund, Generalised Syste..., intervention price, inuline syrup and 83 more... -
agro-, agri-
of or involving agriculture
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Industrial
electrodeposition, photovoltaic, superconductivity, photoelectrochemical, gearhead, pig iron, cogeneration, capacitor, blast furnace slag, coaxial, daisy chaining, commutator and 93 more...
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