first classadjective
[ C ]
a set of classes or a course of study in which the principles or methods of business are taught:
He got a promotion after taking business classes in the evening.
[ C or U ] MANAGEMENT
the group of people within society who own or have important positions in companies:
During the election campaign, the Republican Party lost support among the business class.
business class
adverb
ukus
TRANSPORT
in business class:
fly/travel business classI prefer to fly business class.

Examples of business class

business class
Revealingly enough, the businessclass displayed a positive attitude towards this phenomenon.
The second inference of going beyond class interest is even more tenuous as would be evident from the attitude of the businessclass towards labour.
Any move towards improving the conditions of the working class was collectively resisted by the businessclass.
On the contrary the businessclass often used them to assuage and manipulate popular sentiments to promote its business interests.
I conclude with some observations on the nature of the businessclass in general on the basis of the understanding of the present study.
The global businessclass is uninterested in local democracy if it is unfavorable to their invested interests.
Firstly, the initial debate focused on manufacturing as the key indicator of economic control and progress, and the sector to which an indigenous businessclass should naturally aspire.
Within the bourgeois class, the war enormously unified a unionist businessclass strengthening the position of industrialists and bankers, while that of the more conservative cotton merchants declined.
It should also be remembered that, according to the current statute, no one is obliged to travel businessclass.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
The airline prohibits the purchase of other than businessclass tickets for certain departures.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Instead of using businessclass tickets, we can use economy class in order to make savings.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
In face of leaving that businessclass to get compensation they cannot still maintain the right to exclude purchases during the 1939 to 1955 period.
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