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Operations

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Noun

1. operations, trading operations

financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Operations

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noun
1. 
the act, process, or manner of operating
2. 
the state of being in effect, in action, or operative (esp in the phrases in or into operation)
3. 
a process, method, or series of acts, esp of a practical or mechanical nature
4. surgery
any manipulation of the body or one of its organs or parts to repair damage, arrest the progress of a disease, remove foreign matter, etc
5. 
a. 
a military or naval action, such as a campaign, manoeuvre, etc
b. 
(capital and prenominal when part of a name)
Operation Crossbow
6. mathematics
a. 
any procedure, such as addition, multiplication, involution, or differentiation, in which one or more numbers or quantities are operated upon according to specific rules
b. 
a function from a set onto itself
7. 
a commercial or financial transaction

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Operations

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noun
1. 
the act, process, or method of operating
2. 
the condition of being in action or at work
3. 
a process or action that is part of a series in some work
4. 
a. 
any movement or series of movements made in carrying out strategic military plans
b.  [pl.]
a center where such activities are monitored or supervised, as at an air base
c. 
any specific plan, project, venture, etc.
Operation Cleanup
5. 
any surgical procedure performed, usually with the aid of instruments, to remedy a physical ailment or defect
6.  Ancient Mathematics
any process, as addition, division, etc., involving a change or transformation in a quantity

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Operations

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n.
1. The act or process of operating or functioning.
2. The state of being operative or functional: a factory in operation.
3. A process or series of acts involved in a particular form of work: the operation of building a house.
4. An instance or method of efficient, productive activity: That restaurant is quite an operation.
5. An unethical or illegal business: a fencing operation for stolen goods.
6. Medicine A surgical procedure for remedying an injury, ailment, defect, or dysfunction.
7. Mathematics A process or action, such as addition, substitution, transposition, or differentiation, performed in a specified sequence and in accordance with specific rules.
8. A logical operation.
9. Computers An action resulting from a single instruction.
10.
a. A military or naval action, campaign, or mission.
b. operations The headquarters or center from which a military action, flights into and out of an airfield, or other activities are controlled.
11. operations The division of an organization that carries out the major planning and operating functions.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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