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business

n. any activity or enterprise entered into for profit. It does not mean it is a company, a corporation, partnership, or have any such formal organization, but it can range from a street peddler to General Motors. It is sometimes significant to determine if an accident, visit, travel, meal or other activity was part of "business" or for pleasure or no particular purpose.

business

(Affair), noun activity, concern, duty, interest, matter, mission, proceeding, proposition, responsibility, task, undertaking
Foreign phrases: Aliena negotia exacto officio geruntur.The business of another is to be carried out with particular care. Constitutum esse eam domum unicuique nostrum debere existimari, ubi quisque sedes et tabulas haberet, suarumque rerum constitutionem fecisset. It is established that the home of each of us is considered to be the place of his abode and books, and where he may have made an essablishment of his business. In suo quisque negotio hebeeior est quam in alieno. Everyone is more dull in his own business than in that of another.

business

(Commerce), noun barter, buying and selling, commercial intercourse, dealings, exchange, industry, merchandising, merchantry, production, trade, traffic, transaction, ventures
Associated concepts: business address, business agent, busiiess corporation, business crimes, business district, business done in state, business enterprise, business expenses, busiiess hours, business interruption insurance, business inviiees, business license, business losses, business name, busiiess paper, business purposes, business records, business restrictions, business secrets, business situs, business trust, business venture, business visitor, doing business, good will of business, in the course of business, interference with busiiess, ordinary course of business, transacting business
Foreign phrases: Ea quae raro accidunt non temere in agendis negotiis computantur.Those things which rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business without sufficient reason.

business

(Commercial enterprise), noun cartel, combine, company, concern, corporation, establishment, firm, industry, manufacture, organization, private enterprise, shop, store, syndicate, venture

business

(Occupation), noun activity, avocation, career, craft, duty, employment, endeavor, following, function, handicraft, job, line, livelihood, living, means of support, mission, office, practice, profession, pursuit, trade, undertaking, vocation, walk of life, work

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July 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four of the five largest health insurance companies by market share in the United States are for-profit insurers, but over 60% of health plans with at least 100,000 enrollees are from nonprofit insurers.

Study: Nonprofit Obamacare Insurers Have Lower Premiums than For-Profit Insurers in Most Counties that Use Healthcare.gov

Ninety-nine percent of these programs are offered by for-profit schools, although affected career training programs can come from certificate programs elsewhere in higher education.

For-profit colleges face crackdown; 'Gainful employment' standards a must

Nobody writes stories about high school seniors beset with anxiety about whether to attend a community college with a rock-bottom graduation rate, a nearby private college with shaky finances, or a shady for-profit institution.

America's worst colleges

No category of community colleges, however, is seeing reductions on the scale of for-profit colleges.

Boom times no more: amid heightened scrutiny, for-profit conferrals sag

The Obama administration is preparing a long-overdue crackdown on for-profit schools that feed on billions of governmentadollars each year.

Targeting for-profit schools

However, along with those attributes are a host of challenges and criticism facing some for-profit institutions including high tuition, misrepresentation in college recruiting and job prospects, claims of targeting low-income students who are more likely to qualify for federal aid, and high dropout rates leaving students with large student loans.

The for-profit conundrum: despite leading the way in minority enrollment, questions surround the value of proprietary institutions' degrees

The senator's probe has unveiled shocking findings: For-profit institutions, which are vying for a hefty share of profit even as students drop out at alarming rates, are costing the government and the public billions of dollars more in taxpayer money.

Shocking Fraud In For-Profit Colleges: Senate Probe

At present, students at for-profit institutions represent 12% of all higher education students, 26% of all student loans, and 46% of all student loan dollars in default.

Gainful employment

Budget cuts to state and community colleges that have triggered higher tuition, larger classes and limited class selection in states across the country make for-profit colleges increasingly attractive to nontraditional students looking for programs that better meet their needs.

Do for-profit schools pass the test? The growing popularity and criticism of these universities have caught lawmakers' attention

The for-profit schools make a "modest" contribution in other health areas such as registered nursing and licensed practical nursing, but 78 percent of health care credentials awarded at for-profit schools were certificates or degrees at the associate level or below, according to the report.

Wrong health training at for-profit schools

or Bing, you are probably amazed at the dominant presence of University of Phoenix, Kaplan, Walden University and other for-profit colleges.

Seven habits of highly effective for-profit colleges: what traditional colleges can learn from for-profits

Between 2003 and 2008, almost 100 percent of for-profit schools reported complying with the 90/10 rule.

For-Profit Schools: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid

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