To run a business meaning in English

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Definition

to run (a business, a company): to operate, to direct, to oversee, to manage (a business, a company) verb
My cousin runs a small surf shop in Santa Cruz. He started there as an employee and now, 20 years later, he owns the place.
to run (a test): to do, to carry out, to execute (a test) verb
The doctor has to run a few tests before I can leave the hospital. He needs to see if I'm diabetic.

Examples

  • "I'm a businessman and I have a perfume company to run."
  • "Make it quick, I've got an army to run!"
  • "It would seem that Bruno Delavigne is hardly fit to run a company."
  • "Listen to this quote: "Bruno Delavigne is hardly fit to run a company."
  • "Discount cosmetic products, run by a crazy guy, something like that?"
  • "I used to be in the film industry, but now I run a specialty bookshop here in San Francisco."
  • "Wang owns 51% of the shares, run by older brother Kwon)"
  • "Run by me: Harold Percy Warbuckle."
  • "These men and women are generous, kind, and concerned about the welfare of this city and its inhabitants, but more importantly, they run successful businesses which bring recognition, respect and admiration to San Francisco."
  • "Because I've got nothing better to do, unless you count running a million-dollar multinational corporation, let me answer your original questions."
  • "But that doesn't change the fact that I run this city."
  • "A British bank is run with precision."
  • "He and his partner ran a solid business."
  • "Polly : Well, he runs this company."
  • "For example, what if I told you that I was an anarchist who believes that government should be abolished and the country should be run by militias?"
  • "Wang has controlling share of stocks, sits on board of directors, run by Fang."
  • "The takeover was an unexpected blow to the family-run business that could mark the end of a century of locally-tailored Italian couture."

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