An informal shortening of "agribusiness" — the large-scale commercial sector encompassing farming, food processing, distribution, and related industries.
An informal shortening of "agribusiness" — the large-scale commercial sector encompassing farming, food processing, distribution, and related industries. Typically used in journalism, casual business conversation, and political commentary, often with a slightly critical or ironic edge, implying the corporate and profit-driven side of agriculture rather than small family farming. Common in American English, particularly in policy and economics discussions.
The senator's ties to agribiz made his agricultural reform proposals look less than credible.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(chiefly, _, Canada, also, _, US, and, Ireland, Australia) The business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced.
(slang) Meaningless verbiage or jargon of business executives.
(UK, Australian, slang) Business; a matter or matters of personal concern; a course of action.
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Informal shorthand for agribusiness, the large-scale commercial agricultural industry encompassing farming, processing, distribution, and lobbying. Common in journalism, policy writing, and casual conversation when discussing industrial agriculture as an economic or political force. Often carries a mildly critical undertone, distinguishing corporate farming from small-scale or family operations. More common in writing than in speech. The term sits between agri- vocabulary and business shorthand, and works as either a noun or a modifier in compound phrases like agribiz lobby or agribiz interests.
The documentary argued that agribiz lobbying had stalled meaningful subsidy reform for two decades.
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(slang) Agribusiness.
Agribiz means: Agribusiness.. It is informal slang, fine in casual speech but not suited to formal contexts. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
agribiz means: Agribusiness.. Register: very informal, slang. Suitable only for casual conversation, chat and social media. Do not use in business, academic or news writing. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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