to start a business
1start-up business — UK US noun [C] ► WORKPLACE, COMMERCE START UP(Cf. ↑start up) …
2business — busi‧ness [ˈbɪzns] noun COMMERCE 1. [uncountable] the production, buying, and selling of goods or services for profit: • Students on the course learn about all aspects of business. • We are in business to create profit. • The company says it… …
3start — (st[aum]rt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten to hurl, rush, fall, G. st[ u]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[ o]rta to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also… …
4Start — (st[aum]rt), v. t. 1. To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. [1913 Webster] Upon malicious bravery dost thou come To start my quiet? Shak. [1913… …
5start — ▪ I. start start 1 [stɑːt ǁ stɑːrt] verb 1. [intransitive] if prices start at or from a particular figure, that is the lowest figure at which you can buy something, for example for the most basic product, service etc in a range: start at/from •… …
6start — start1 W2S2 [sta:t US sta:rt] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(begin doing something)¦ 2¦(begin happening)¦ 3¦(begin in a particular way)¦ 4¦(business/organization)¦ 5¦(job/school)¦ 6¦(car/engine etc)¦ 7¦(begin going somewhere)¦ 8¦(life/profession)¦… …
7start-up — The earliest stage of a new business venture. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * start up ˈstart up adjective start up costs, spending etc are connected with beginning and running a new business or new business activity: • a start up budget of… …
8start — 1 verb 1 BEGIN DOING STH (I, T) to begin doing something: start doing sth: I ve just started learning German. | We d better start getting dressed soon. | start to do sth: When Tom heard this he started to laugh uncontrollably. | Things started to …
9start — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ♦ starts, starting, started 1) VERB If you start to do something, you do something that you were not doing before and you continue doing it. [V to inf] John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs …
10start — /stɑ:t/ noun the beginning ■ verb to begin to do something ♦ to start a business from cold or from scratch to begin a new business, with no previous turnover to base it on …
