professional courtesy
Frequency: 6.86.5 per million words
politeness or services that professionals extend to each other
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Examples (10)
- She contacts clients regularly as a professional courtesy.
- The doctor waived the consultation fee as a professional courtesy to his colleague.
- Granting a short extension on the filing deadline is a common professional courtesy among lawyers.
- He forwarded the industry report to her as a professional courtesy.
- It would have been a simple professional courtesy to inform us about the project's delay.
- The journalist offered him a chance to respond before publishing the story, a standard professional courtesy.
- Although not required, offering a discount to fellow tradespeople is a common professional courtesy.
- I would appreciate the professional courtesy of a timely reply to my inquiry.
- Failing to return a competitor's call is considered a lack of professional courtesy in our industry.
- Out of professional courtesy, the visiting professor was given access to the university's library.