business college

noun

1. a school for training students in the clerical aspects of business and commerce, as in typing or bookkeeping.

business college

noun

1. a college providing courses in secretarial studies, business management, accounting, commerce, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of business college¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

There is a showy boot shop now where the Business College used to be; the new place is in Kingsway.

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I went up to town the next morning, and walked straight to the Business College.

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That the Business College should no longer require me I could understand—for snobbery plays a terrible part in business.

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During this time he saved enough money to pay his tuition in the Portland Business College, where he became a student.

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Aunt Clara had been insistent about the college; it was to be the best business college in Chicago.

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