Legitimate Business Purpose Legal Definition

legitimate business purpose and definition, legitimate business purpose and meaning | English Cobuild

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legitimate

1 adj Something that is legitimate is acceptable according to the law.
The government will not seek to disrupt the legitimate business activities of the defendant.
♦ legitimacy n-uncount usu with supp
The opposition parties do not recognise the political legitimacy of his government.
♦ legitimately adv ADV with v
The government has been legitimately elected by the people.

2 adj If you say that something such as a feeling or claim is legitimate, you think that it is reasonable and justified.
That's a perfectly legitimate fear..., The New York Times has a legitimate claim to be a national newspaper.
♦ legitimacy n-uncount usu with supp
As if to prove the legitimacy of these fears, the Cabinet of Franz von Papen collapsed on December 2.
♦ legitimately adv ADV with v
They could quarrel quite legitimately with some of my choices.

3 adj A legitimate child is one whose parents were married before he or she was born. , (Antonym: illegitimate) We only married in order that the child should be legitimate.

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• purpose n. the reason for which anything is done, created, or exists (le but)
• otiose adj. serving no purpose
• pick a fight exp. start an argument on purpose
• bizspeak n. The jargon used in business
• dot gone n. an Internet business which has failed
• testware n. software created with the purpose of testing other software
• toy boy n. handsome young man kept by a much older woman for the purpose of sexual favors and/or as a companion.

  British slang

• charette n. a teamwork session in the visual domain (design, architecture, urban planning) organized on the purpose of finalizing a project within a previously defined timeframe.

  The correct spelling in French (where the word originates from) is "charrette". "charette" is the Anglicized form.

• cartooney n. message containing legal threats (often grounded on fictive laws) sent on the purpose of intimidating the receiver

  formed of "cartoon" and "attorney"

• humblebrag n. an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement whose actual purpose is to draw attention to something of which one is proud

  From 'humble'+'brag'. Ex: She got on my nerves; it was like her selfies, humblebrags and rants weren't enough to satisfy her craving for attention!

• give the go-by exp. do not take into account, disregard, ignore on purpose, avoid, dismiss

  E.g: His boss asked him for a report, but he gave it the go-by.

• Elvis has left the building exp. the show is over, you can go home, the main purpose of your presence is gone

  was used in Elvis concerts to prevent people from waiting an encore

• purport (purported; purporting; purports) tr.v. v. 1: to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred); also: claim. 2: intend, purpose
• momoger n. Portmanteau of the words "mom" and "manager". A momager is a mother who is also the business manager for her son or daughter.
• directory n. a book that gives lists of facts, for example people's names, addresses, and telephone numbers, or the names and addresses of business companies, usually arranged in alphabetical order.
• employerism n. the preferred terminology used among the management hierarchy of a business establishment in reference to native ideas and common interests related to their particular field.

  syn.: slang, jargon

• winner's curse n. (in an auction, negotiation or other business competition) the situation in which the winning party has overrated the pursued object

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