business casual
noun
chiefly US
: a style of dressing for white-collar employees that is less formal than traditional business attire
I sat at my desk the other afternoon, dressed in business casual, and wistfully fingered my most recent pay stub. … And I thought as I've thought before: perhaps it's no coincidence that business casual is sweeping the country just as white-collar job security evaporates.—
Jay Weiser, New Republic, 26 Feb. 1996
Jay Weiser, New Republic, 26 Feb. 1996Dictionary Entries Near business casual
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“Business casual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20casual. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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