begin business
Example Sentences
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Still, companies sometimes begin business without addressing such concerns.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2014
I hope by the first of January we can begin business operations.
From Time Magazine Archive
Battling BankAmericard at home, 62 California banks have formed the California Bankcard Association to start a joint credit-card plan in July; they hope to begin business with 60,000 retailers and 2,000,000 families.
From Time Magazine Archive
He pretended to begin business at ten o'clock in the morning, but in reality the ante-rooms and halls were full long before that hour—people anxious to get the first axe ground.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by William H. Herndon
"Before we begin business, may I offer you some refreshment?"
From The Beautiful White Devil by Guy Newell Boothby
