BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services

Example:

he asked to see the executive who handled his account

Synonyms:

account; business relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("business relationship" is a kind of...):

relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business relationship"):

brokerage account (a fund that a customer has entrusted to a securities brokerage)

bank account (a fund that a customer has entrusted to a bank and from which the customer can make withdrawals)

short account (a brokerage account of someone who sells short (sells securities he does not own))