business casual
Any standard of dress used in many business environments that is casual overallAny 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).
» The dress code is business casual.
Zu tragen ist legere Geschäftskleidung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 senses(uncountable)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).
Examples
2 sentencesThe dress code is business casual.
deZu tragen ist legere Geschäftskleidung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Business casual means you can wear khaki trousers with a button-down shirt, but not shorts with a T-shirt.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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