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the business

/ðə ˈbɪz.nɪs/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The party to whom accountability is assigned precisely because it is not a person. The requirement came from the business, was approved by the business, and was owned, in the end, by no one who answers to that name.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The operating side of an organization that uses data to make and sell things, as distinct from the functions that supply and govern that data.

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