business-casual

A form of business casual — Any standard of dress used in many business environments that is casual overall; it thus excludes most formal clothes (such as a business suit and tie) but also excludes certain overly casual clothes (such as short shorts).

Meanings

nounbusiness-casual (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of business casual.
adjectivebusiness-casual (comparative more business-casual, superlative most business-casual)

comparative more business-casual · superlative most business-casual

  1. alternativeAlternative form of business casual.
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Chicago

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