big-time operator

A person, company, or organization that is very successful, prominent, and influential in some area of business. Once a small local farm run by Jefferies and his brothers, their berry business is now a big-time operator responsible for supplying the entire Pacific Northwest. These big-time operators have the funds to fight these civil lawsuits, but smaller companies like ours have little choice but to try and settle for an amount we can afford.

big-time operator

and BTO

1. n. someone who does business in a big way. (The abbreviation is an initialism.) If you’re such a BTO, why are we standing here in the rain?

2. n. a man who chases women. That twit thinks he’s a big-time operator. A stud he’s not. A big-time operator needs a big-time car!

BTO

verb

See big-time operator

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To be accepted as a big-time operator he had to look the part, which is where wealthy friends helped out.

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It was once run by big-time operator Arriva Buses - with the help of a whopping PS30,000-a-year subsidy from public transport body Centro.

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In January 2013, a police operation conducted to apprehend a big-time operator of an illegal numbers game "jueteng" in Atimonan town in Quezon province, led to a shoot-out that resulted in the killing of 12 people, including a police superintendent, two lower ranking lawmen and a marine sergeant.

Philippine police officers' role in robbery probed

The public can easily deduce the following: One shouldn't necessarily expect a fair, speedy trial for the crime of possessing small amounts of illegal substances, unless one is a big-time operator -- in that case, it's more than likely that a brush with the authorities will result in an agreement to look the other way, in the interest of not stirring up unwanted trouble.

Selective policing

And Strachan will not hold back when he lays out this masterplan which will be spearheaded by another big-time operator from yesteryear, former Celtic and Manchester United striker Brian McClair.

Night a team died was the start of longest funeral march in history of our game..now for resurrection; THE WAY AHEAD SCOTLAND BOSS ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Gordon Strachan sensed the writing was on the wall for Scotland when we were thrashed 5-0 in Portugal and he's determined to put the nation back on track

The 288 used to be run by big-time operator Arriva Buses but is now being operated by minnow West Midlands Special Needs Transport (WMSNT).

COSTLY 'GHOST' BUS ROUTE MAY LIVE YET

Of course, we also have our share of big-time operators who milked the system for their own personal benefit.

Ricky Razon, Diokno and the PMA

The Easter Road gaffer has watched players wilt under the pressure of playing for the Old Firm and reckons his squad must embrace the opportunities that come with being labelled as big-time operators.

Man Utd of Championship; TARGET PRACTICE HIBEES BOSS KNOWS THEY'RE IN RIVALS' SIGHTS Lennon wants Hibs to think big-time now

But big-time operators such as Diva (which expects to have nearly 120 vehicles going to the Oscar ceremonies and a similar number serving the surrounding events) and Music Express (with 100 cars going to the Kodak Theatre) should find Sunday to be a time when clients like them, they really like them.

OSCARS GIVE LIMOUSINE FIRMS A LIFT SHOW CREATES GOLDEN PROFITS

Back in LA, he did a stretch in the office of Pereira & Luckman, big-time operators in the aerospace and corporate arena, and another three and half years in Gruen's office, before leaving in 1961 for a stint in Paris with the architect Andre Remondet (successor to Auguste Perret at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts).

Wrap session

That's when big-time operators get together with powerful and motivated politicians and they work out ways to make major money, which sort of automatically neuters it as a medium of exchange, which implies give and take.