business English

American  

noun

1. English in business usage, especially the styles and forms of business correspondence.

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Example Sentences

Headwinds have always blown around in business English, but the phrase economic headwinds serves a special purpose: a majestic waving of the hand, an abandon to the fates, an inkling of force majeure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Now his eldest son, Mikio, is learning business English in preparation for trips across the Pacific to explain the finer points of sake appreciation to a largely uninitiated clientele.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2017

Few, however, would quarrel with his pointed remarks on "business English."

From Time Magazine Archive

The B5000 can take problems either worked out in algebraic terms or stated in standard business English, in a few seconds translate them into computer language and go to work to solve them.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the pursuit of brevity too many pupils in business English make the mistake of writing altogether too little to get the reader's attention; and if his attention is not aroused, the letter fails.

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose