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non-core | Business English

non-core
adjective[ before noun ]
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FINANCE
a non-core activity, business, etc. is one that a company does not really need or consider the most important:
Volvo sold its non-core businesses to focus on cars and trucks.
non-core assets/investments/holdings
They are still negotiating on which jobs are considered non-core.

Examples of non-core

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In general, he finds that non-core words are associated with greater intensity and intimacy, as is greater use of figures of speech.
Differences in task schemas are implemented as differences in other (non-core) parameter settings, in response read-out from different information sources, and in language node pre-activation.
Traditional mechanisms of adjustment (limiting layoffs to non-core sectors, transfer of the lowest value-added sectors overseas) have proved inadequate to the crisis.
They can be classified into two broad types, ' core ' and ' non-core ' elements.
The fact that we find dialectal variation for positional verbs confirms the intermediate, non-core status of these verbs.
But it applies equally to any output-oriented analysis in which candidate forms with non-core syllabification are adjudged more optimal than those with core syllabification.
Our analysis has highlighted the dangers of these developments for a significant group of non-core workers, many of whom are women.
Nevertheless, they are not entirely at the mercy of non-core actors.
This formula can be used for any department and "non-core staff " added as appropriate.
This alternative conceptualization generates an image of eclectic non-core districts comprising a varied mix of residential accommodation and plant spilling over political, social and 'perceived' boundaries.
He introduces the notion of ' 'viarules' ' as links to non-core subsystems that guarantee that the different grammars of the speech community remain weakly equivalent in their unstable equilibrium.
One problem with stipulating core and non-core is that it is being done in the wrong way.
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