Businesses are about to be cutting choices (10)
I believe the answer is:
operations
'businesses' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'are about to be cutting choices' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'to be cutting' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cut their way into a word).
'choices' becomes 'options' ('option' can be a synonym of 'choice').
'are' anagrammed gives 'era'.
'era' placed within 'options' is 'OPERATIONS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for operations that I've seen is " surgical procedures".)