agribiz

noun

ag·​ri·​biz ˈa-grə-ˌbiz 

informal

: agribusiness

Last month the U.S. Food and Drug Administration decided to let agribiz companies market genetically altered produce without the safety testing that usually accompanies such marketing.

—Richard Kahlenberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 1992

Word History

Etymology

by shortening and respelling

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

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