OPERATING definition: used or engaged in performing operations.
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The meaning of OPERATING is arising from, relating to, or used for or in the operations of something (as a business).
How to use operating in a sentence.
OPERATING definition: 1.
relating to the main business activities of a company: 2.
working or being used: 3.
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To exert an influence: forces operating on the economy.
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To produce a desired or proper effect: a drug that operates quickly.
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To carry on a military or naval action or campaign.
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of, for, or pertaining to operations: an operating budget.
of or pertaining to the proper operation of a machine, appliance, etc.: a manual of operating instructions.
Operating profits and costs are the money that a company earns and spends in carrying out its ordinary trading activities, in contrast to such things as interest and investment.
OPERATING meaning: 1 : of or relating to the operation of something: such as; 2 : relating to the way a machine, vehicle, device, etc., functions or is used and controlled
