indirect business
1Business valuation — is a process and a set of procedures used to estimate the economic value of an owner’s interest in a business. Valuation is used by financial market participants to determine the price they are willing to pay or receive to consummate a sale of a… …
2indirect import — UK US noun [C or U] COMMERCE, ECONOMICS ► a situation in which a company buys products from someone in another country using an intermediary (= a person or organization that arranges business agreements), or a product that is bought in this way:… …
3indirect importing — indirect import UK US noun [C or U] COMMERCE, ECONOMICS ► a situation in which a company buys products from someone in another country using an intermediary (= a person or organization that arranges business agreements), or a product that is… …
4indirect exporting — ➔ exporting * * * indirect export UK US noun [C or U] COMMERCE, ECONOMICS ► a situation in which a company sells its products to customers in another country using an intermediary (= a person or organization that arranges business agreements), or …
5indirect — UK US /ˌɪndɪˈrekt/ adjective ► not done or communicated in a direct way: »We decided to take an indirect approach to tackling the problem of absenteeism. »He made only an indirect reference to what had happened at the meeting. ► happening in… …
6indirect overhead — UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING a part of the overheads (= money that a business spends on buildings, equipment, etc.) that is not connected directly to producing a particular product or providing a particular service: »The costs of raw materials,… …
7indirect cost — n [C usually plural] technical money that a business must spend, not directly on its products or services, but on other things such as buildings or wages …
8Business ethics — For the episode from the American television series The Office, see Business Ethics (The Office). Business ethics (also corporate ethics) is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical… …
9indirect cost — noun also indirect charge : a cost that is not identifiable with a specific product, function, or activity contrasted with direct cost * * * a business cost that is not directly accountable to a particular function or product; a fixed cost, as a… …
10indirect cost — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms indirect cost : singular indirect cost plural indirect costs business a business cost that is not directly connected with a particular product or operation …
