BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Suit
- somebody who works for a large corporation and is required to wear a suit for work
Wiktionary Definition for: Suit
- Pursuit
- # law The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
- : ''If you take my advice, you'll file '''suit''' against him immediately.''
- # italbrac-colon obsolete The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
- #''(obsolete)'' The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
- : ''Thenceforth the '''suit''' of earthly conquest shone.'' â€"Spenser.
- #Pusuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
- : ''Rebate your loves, each rival '''suit''' suspend, Till this funereal web my labors end.'' â€"Pope.
- #''(archaic)'' A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
- Set, series
- #''(archaic)'' A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.).
- #The full set of sails required for a ship.
- #A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers, or a similar outfit for a woman.
- :''Nick hired a navy-blue '''suit''' for the wedding.''
- #''(slang)'' A person who wears the clothes in 3.
- #A full set of armour.
- # italbrac-colon card games Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds , or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic , and French playing cards.
- : ''To deal and shuffle, to divide and sort Her mingled '''suits''' and sequences.'' â€"Cowper.
- # italbrac-colon obsolete Regular order; succession.
- : ''Every five and thirty years the same kind and '''suit''' of weather comes again.'' â€"Bacon.
- To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. â€"Shak.
- To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
- Ex: ''Ill '''suits''' his cloth the praise of railing well.'' â€"Dryden.
- Ex: ''Raise her notes to that sublime degree Which '''suits''' song of piety and thee.'' â€"Prior.
- To dress; to clothe.
- Ex: ''So went he '''suited''' to his watery tomb.'' â€"Shak.
- To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his place; to suit one's taste.
- intransitive : To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; â€" usually
- Ex: ''The place itself was '''suiting''' to his care.'' â€"Dryden.
- Ex: ''Give me not an office That '''suits''' with me so ill.'' â€"Addison.
- ''third-person singular present indicative form of '''suivre'''''
Additional Resources
- How to Order a Custom-Made Suit
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- Articles 2008-07-28
- Intel Hit with Antitrust Suit by New York State
- The suit was brought by the state of New York and its attorney general, Andrew S. Cuomo, which named specific instances of alleged bribery and coercion in the suit. Intel allegedly used billions of dollars in rebates to influence OEMs, which Cuomo said was tantamount to bribes. The suit caps...
- News items 2009-11-04
- How to Order a Custom-Made Suit
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Briefly: Apple hit with copyright suit, Snow Leopard preorder
- By Katie MarsalPublished: 03:55 PM EST Some Apple Up To Date Program customers have been able to order Snow Leopard; Apple has been hit with a copyright suit from a photographer; and Microsoft's retail stores are hiring.Copyright suit takes aim at Apple for iPhone appPhotographer Louis P. Psihoyos filed a...
- News items 2009-08-21
- FIRSTPLUS to Vigorously Defend Life Financial Corp. Suit
- DALLAS--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 22, 1998--Today FIRSTPLUS Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: FP) announced that it is aware of the suit filed against it by Life Financial Corp., but has not yet been served with the suit. FIRSTPLUS stated that it believes the suit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend...
- Research articles 1998-10-23
- NY Suit Puts Spotlight on Dell-Intel Relationship
- A lawsuit filed by N.Y. prosecutors alleges that Intel, worried about the competitive threat posed by rival AMD, focused much of its incentives and threats on Dell, which they said received about $6 billion in payments from Intel between 2002 and 2007 to. The money was used to keep Dell...
- News items 2009-11-05
- EEOC files age suit against allstate. (Late Breaking News).(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed an age-discrimination suit against Allstate Corp.)(Brief Article)
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a suit against Allstate Corp., alleging it engaged in age-discrimination against its agents. The suit was filed just before the new year in the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia. Talks be U.S. Equal...
- Research articles 2002-01-07
- Legal Briefs: Coverage suit dismissed over inconvenient forum.(Perspectives)(Wal-Mart Stores Inc. suit, Liggett Group Inc. suit and Americans with Disabilities Act suit against McClatchy Newspapers Inc.)
- The Court of Appeals of Arkansas has upheld a lower court's dismissal of a suit brought by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. seeking business interruption damages from its insurers for loss at a retail store in another state. In December 1996, a large boulder ...
- Research articles 2002-12-09
- Suit for discovery considered `suit seeking damages'.(Brief Article)
- A suit for pretrial discovery was a "suit seeking damages" within the meaning of a commercial general liability insurance policy requiring the insurer to defend suits seeking damages, according to the Court of Appeals of Washington. In 1 A suit for pretrial discovery...
- Research articles 1999-11-15
- Cablevision cleared in MSG class-action suit. (suit dismissed over carriage of Madison Square Garden Network)
- Cablevision Cleared In MSG Class-Action Suit NEW YORK - A Suffolk County Supreme Court judge has dismissed a class action suit brought against Cablevision Systems in November 1988 during the dispute over carriage of Madison Square Garden Network Cablevision Cleared In...
- Research articles 1990-07-09
- Calif. suit challenges buy-throughs. (class-action suit against Cox Communications Inc.)
- Three California consumers have filed a potential class-action suit against Cox Communications Inc., challenging a common cable-marketing strategy - the buy-through. The suit, filed in San Diego Superior Court, alleged that Cox's requirement that Three California consumers have filed a potential class-action...
- Research articles 1997-10-27
- The Advanced Bomb Suit
- The Advanced Bomb Suit, developed at the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center Natick, will replace the legacy PS-820 bomb suit beginning next summer. The PS-820 suit was first fielded in 1988 to Army explosive ordnance disposal EOD units. Until then, their main protection had come from a flak vest...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- The Build-to-Suit - Is it for you?
- If somebody is having a hard time finding suitable office space in the market or have a unique or specialized need, which no building currently in the market can accommodate one should consider designing and building the next facility to suit the needs rather than renewing the current lease or...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Pa. Blues pay $2 million in ad libel suit. (Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia, U.S. Healthcare)
- Pa. Blues Pay $2 Million In Ad Libel Suit Independence Blue Cross of Philadelphia has agreed to an out-of-court $2 million settlement of a libel suit brought by rival health plans over advertising claims made by the Blue Cross organization. U.S....
- Research articles 1990-11-05
- Visa, Mastercard file federal suit against boiler-room telemarketers. (Visa International Service Association) (MasterCard International Inc.)
- Visa, MasterCard file federal suit against boiler-room telemarketers LOS ANGELES UPI -- The world's two largest credit and companies -- Visa and MasterCard -- have filed a federal suit charging that nationwide boiler room telemarking operations haVisa, MasterCard file federal suit against boiler-room telemarketers...
- Research articles 1990-07-09
- DuPont settles class-action suit over Teflon chemical.(Industry Newsline)
- DuPont settled last month with plaintiffs in a class-action suit over air and water contamination at its chemical plant in Washington, WV. The suit was filed in 2001 on behalf of 50,000 residents who lived near the plant. The $123 million settlement DuPont settled last...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- At Deadline.(Foot Locker in Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 suit)(The Lincolnshire County (England) Council Pension Fund hires AllianceBernstein and Threadneedle investments)(Fort Worth (Texas) Employees Retirement Fund hires Ashmore Inves
- Foot Locker in ERISA suit Foot Locker was named in a class-action lawsuit that accuses the company of violating ERISA by changing the structure of its defined benefit plan, according to a 10-Q filing on Aug. 31. The suit alleges that Foot...
- Research articles 2006-09-04
- Judge dismisses Comcast suit. (allegations of overcharging against Comcast Cable)(Brief Article)
- A three-month-old suit accusing Comcast Cable of overcharging its customers has been dismissed by a federal judge in Tallahassee, Fla. Judge Maurice Paul on May 2 threw out the suit, saying the 1992 Cable Act dictates that such complaints be taken A three-month-old...
- Research articles 1996-05-13
- NIKE YELLS `FOUL,' CITES FIRST AMENDMENT SAYS SAN FRANCISCO SUIT SEEKS TO `HANDCUFF' SNEAKER FIRM FROM DEFENDING ITS IMAGE
- NEW YORK -- Nike Inc. last week sought a California court to order a stay of a suit filed against it by a San Francisco activist regarding the company's treatment of Asian factory workers. The Beaverton, Ore.,-based company said the suit concerns sta NEW YORK --...
- Research articles 1998-07-06
- General Electric settles suit with Daimler-Benz.
- General Electric settles suit with Daimler-Benz FAIRFIELD UPI -- General Electric Co. has settled a suit it brought against two German companies over co-operation on high-thrust jet engines. The agreement with Daimler-Benz AG and its MTU subsidiGeneral Electric settles suit with Daimler-Benz...
- Research articles 1990-05-28
