agribiz

agribiz

English

Noun

agribiz (uncountable)

1. (slang) Agribusiness.
   • 1973, The Mother Earth News Almanac, New York: Bantam, p. 168,

     Today’s agribiz farmer pays $24,000 for a big combine so he can finish harvesting his corn before Thanksgiving […]

   • 2003, Maxine Hong Kingston, The Fifth Book of Peace, New York: Knopf, p. 97,

     The various fruits were not organized row upon row as in agribiz but wildly jumbled.

   • 2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Toronto: Vintage Canada,

     Far away, a satellite-guided agribiz monster, practically robotic, combs through the rolling fields.