Business Dictionary :
Active, Actively and Activity

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Active : adjective : busy

• Active partner = partner who works in the company

• An active demand for oil shares

• Oil shares are very active.

• An active day on the Stock Exchange

• Business is active.

Actively : adverb : in a busy way

• The company is actively recruiting new personnel.

Activity : noun : being active or busy

• A low level of business activity

• There was a lot of activity on the Stock Exchange.

Activity Chart = plan showing work which has been done so that it can be compared to the plan of work to be done


Monthly Activity Report = report by a department on what has been done during the past month

NOTE : no plural

QUOTE : Preliminary indications of the level of business investment and activity during the March quarter will provide a good picture of economic activity in 1985. (Australian Financial Review)

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