A person who operates a telephone switchboard. / A person who provides assistance in establishing a connection, or who provides information or takes messages via the telephone.

(military) That portion of a theater of war] which an army passes over in attaining its object.

A company that sells package holidays.

(finance) Negative operating income.

(operations) The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration.

(business, accounting) Any expense incurred in running a business, such as sales and administration, as opposed to production.

A subcontractor who may be a commercial carrier, but most often provides capacity (trucks and drivers, with or without trailers or chassis) to either commercial or private carriers under a contract for services.

(business) The business cycle from startup of operations to the profit; from obtaining the raw material, through designing and production, to the distribution and profits.

A room in a hospital used for performing surgery (originally designed for operations in front of observers).

A room in a hospital used for performing surgical operations.