begin business
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Still, companies sometimes begin business without addressing such concerns.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2014
Battling BankAmericard at home, 62 California banks have formed the California Bankcard Association to start a joint credit-card plan in July; they hope to begin business with 60,000 retailers and 2,000,000 families.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I hope by the first of January we can begin business operations.
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But in fact he did not begin business with five pounds, but with nothing at all.
From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by Parton, James
"Perhaps Mr. Stanley will begin business again, men do sometimes, you know; or he may go away from the town and start elsewhere."
From Ruth Arnold or, the Country Cousin by Byerley, Lucy