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Unanimous

Meaning in business english, with examples

adjectiveCommon term

In business english, unanimous means: Agreed by everyone in the relevant voting or decision-making group.

In Turkish: oybirliğiyle alınmış, herkesçe kabul edilen

How it is used

Used with approval, support, vote and decision. State the relevant group clearly; unanimous among those voting does not necessarily mean every employee agreed.

Example sentences

  1. The five members present gave unanimous approval to replacing the damaged equipment.

    All five attending members supported the decision; absent members are not included in this claim.

  2. We reached a unanimous decision only after the supplier agreed to a longer warranty.

    The warranty change removed the remaining opposition and made agreement complete.

Common collocations

  • unanimous approval
  • a unanimous decision
  • consensusGeneral agreement among all or most members of a group about a decision or an opinion.
  • decision logA written record of important decisions, usually with the date, owner, context, and reason, so teams can track what was agreed.

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