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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, whose previous use (if any) was agricultural..
greenfield development
In 2007 Mr Gilbert [Dan Gilbert] made the then remarkable decision to move Quicken Loans’ suburban headquarters downtown. Mr Gilbert says that the initial thinking was humdrum—the firm’s lease was expiring, the business was growing, and he didn’t want to build a new greenfield campus. But he also had a bigger idea in mind. “We needed to keep young people here [in Michigan] and make sure they weren’t going to places like Chicago,” he says. “We knew that young people did not want to work in suburbs.”
a greenfield project
When you're working in a greenfield project and have a favorable situation of designing a database from the ground up, you have complete control over your database when it comes to integration tests, if you do it correctly.
The NSA provides that approximately $11 billion in new investments will be made by 2028, which includes the initial investment in a greenfield project that would be completed after 2028.
a greenfield market
a greenfield sales opportunity
Use greenfield when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Greenfield means (often attributive) A site, to be used for housing or commerce, whose previous use (if any) was agricultural..
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greenfield development
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