brief
/briːf/ noun [C]Definition
› WORKPLACE instructions that explain what someone's work or task is: His brief was to streamline the group's financial services operation.give sb/prepare a brief We have prepared a brief for a full study by a consultant.
› LAW a document that shows the facts of a legal case that will be argued by a lawyer in a court: to prepare/file/submit a brief
→ See also creative brief, design brief, watching brief(Definition of brief noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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