"best practice" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: best practices [plural]
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  1. (business, marketing) A well-defined procedure that is known to produce near-optimum results. Categories (topical): Business, Marketing Translations (procedure for best results): 最佳實踐 (Chinese Mandarin), 最佳实践 (zuìjiā shíjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), paras käytäntö (Finnish), bonne pratique [feminine] (French), bonnes pratiques [feminine, plural] (French), Best Practice [feminine] (German), beste Vorgehensweise [feminine] (German), beste Praxis [feminine] (German), bewährte Praxis [feminine] (German), лу́чшая пра́ктика (lúčšaja práktika) (Russian)

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