"business opponent" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to a person or company that is in direct competition with you in a professional setting. For example: "My main business opponent has been working hard to undercut my prices."
It was deferred indefinitely, leaving small business supporters of the legal change and big business opponents locked in an endless cycle of lobbying and uncertainty.
Business opponents accused him of ruthless dealing and he was once investigated by the authorities but cleared; allegations of wrongdoing have never stuck.
The tabloids are different, Murdoch likes to say, and he doesn't hesitate to use the Post to belittle his business opponents (Post headline: "TED TURNER: IS HE NUTS?"), or political adversaries like Edward Kennedy Murdochh's Boston Herald headline: "FAT BOY").
While the law would allow majority foreign ownership of companies outside the free zones, strong lobbying by local business opponents of the change is likely to restrict its application, Ms. Sabavala said.
That treaty was bitterly criticized as being too weak at the time, but it did shift expectations and, only three years later, some of the business opponents of the Montreal Protocol were in London arguing to greatly toughen that agreement.
Supporters said it was important for public health that food-service and health-care workers have paid sick days, but business opponents said the legislation was an expensive mandate.
[Daily News] The Community Board 7 vote slated for Tuesday evening that could limit the length of storefronts for retailers and banks on the Upper West Side has drawn some major business opponents.
His Russia is a place where journalists and human rights activists are murdered with impunity, political and business opponents are thrown in jail, and media outlets are controlled by or intimidated by the government.
Ms. Kuehl, who represents the Democratic strongholds of West Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Malibu, said that business opponents were "crying wolf" about the bill's impact on jobs and labor costs in California.
