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That's right for business-to-new-businesses? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

confirms

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'that's right' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'business-to-new-businesses?' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'co' (short for company).
'to new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'businesses?' becomes 'firms' (firm is a kind of business).
'co'+'n'+'firms'='CONFIRMS'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for confirms that I've seen before include "Corroborates" , "Finalises or makes definite" , "Supports the truth of something" , "Provides supporting evidence of the truth" , "Provides support for the truth of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.
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