Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

business development

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: busi-ness de-vel-op-ment
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The creation of long-term value for an organization from customers, markets, and relationships.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"With little internal fanfare, Peter reorganized a portion of the business development team to begin targeting the gaming space exclusively."

Usage

Inflected Forms

business developments (plural)

Synonyms

BizDev BD

Questions

What does business development mean?: The creation of long-term value for an organization from customers, markets, and relationships.

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