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agribiz, n. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈægrɪbɪz| [Abbrev.: cf. biz n.] = agribusiness n.
1977Time 28 Nov. 111/3 Pretty soon Leroy finds himself in Los Angeles..working as a painter for an arm of the same agribiz octopus that chased him away from home. 1985New Yorker 29 Apr. 62/3 Captains of agribiz and manufacturing. 1992Daily Tel. 13 May 18/6 Consider for a moment what sort of countryside we have made in the last 40 years—one ravaged by agribiz, sterilised and poisoned by chemical bombardment, marshes and woodlands destroyed. |