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Is it an idiom: 'repeat business'?



 
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Is it an idiom: 'repeat business'? #1 (permalink) Fri Apr 13, 2007 19:47 pm   Is it an idiom: 'repeat business'?
 

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #134 "Marketing Strategies", question 10

......... business is gained by the company that gives the customer what s/he wants.

(a) Reform
(b) Regard
(c) Repeat
(d) Replacement

Business English Lesson, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #134 "Marketing Strategies", answer 10

Repeat business is gained by the company that gives the customer what s/he wants.

Correct answer: (c) Repeat

Your answer was: incorrect
Replacement business is gained by the company that gives the customer what s/he wants.
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Does the phrase "repeat business" have any specific meaning?
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Is it an idiom: 'repeat business'? #2 (permalink) Sat Apr 14, 2007 0:12 am   Is it an idiom: 'repeat business'?
 

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'Repeat' is used as an adjective here. 'Repeat business' could more formally grammatically be phrased as 'repeated business'-- it is the same customer making purchases again and again.
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