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business case

noun

Etymology

From business + case.

  1. derived from cāsus — “a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”
  2. derived from cas — “an event”
  3. inherited from cas
  4. formed as business case — “business + case”

Definitions

  1. A reason for doing something

    A reason for doing something; an explanation of the benefit of some course of action to a business.

    • The business case has been premised on a four trains per hour service from Reading to Heathrow T5, with all trains calling at Slough and alternate ones at Twyford and Maidenhead.
    • Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA