agribiz

English

Noun

agribiz (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Agribusiness.
    • 1973, The Mother Earth News Almanac‎, New York: Bantam, page 168:
      Today’s agribiz farmer pays $24,000 for a big combine so he can finish harvesting his corn before Thanksgiving […]
    • 2003, Maxine Hong Kingston, The Fifth Book of Peace‎, New York: Knopf, page 97:
      The various fruits were not organized row upon row as in agribiz but wildly jumbled.
    • 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory‎, Toronto: Vintage Canada:
      Far away, a satellite-guided agribiz monster, practically robotic, combs through the rolling fields.
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