The term "pending business" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to business that has yet to be taken care of or has not been finalized, such as "We have a lot of pending business to attend to before the end of the quarter."
Privileged motions relate to matters of such urgent importance that they temporarily supersede pending business.
We don't allow trading based on private knowledge of pending business deals or court rulings, and we shouldn't allow it in high-frequency trading, either.
They said that nobody who had pending business before the government or who was a registered lobbyist for a foreign country would be invited to join the group.
"Unlike many other elected officials, Mr. Spitzer does not accept campaign contributions from individuals or organizations that have pending business with his office," Mr. Dopp said.
That way the Montanan could campaign with his "sportsmen's package" as the pending business before the Senate, business he would say would come to fruition only with his re-election.
And now, the end-of-session legislative process itself could become a source of further delay, as Congress and the White House struggle to finish pending business before a proposed adjournment next month.
Even as they try to shape pending regulations, business lobbies are also looking beyond President Bush.
The men plan to appeal to the House of Lords, Britain's highest court.Other white-collar extradition cases are pending, and business leaders are growing increasingly worried.
Given the pending legislative business and outstanding issues on the treaty and modernization, there doesn't appear to be enough time".
Red Tape Update: The Cost of Health Care Legislation The Senate promises to act on a pending small-business bill, but the bill may not really be about small businesses and a disagreement about the export bank has clouded the debate.
Back story: The February dismissal of Charles Lester as executive director of the California Coastal Commission sparked a series of legislative efforts to change the way the commission does business — with a special focus on what kind of access, if any, groups with business pending before the agency should have to privately meet with the commissioners.
