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| 1. | [ noun ] (business) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | |
| Synonyms: | business_concern concern business_organization business_organisation | |
| Examples: | "he bought his brother's business" "a small mom-and-pop business" "a racially integrated business concern" |
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| Related terms: | enterprise corporation firm manufacturer agency partnership processor carrier chain conglomerate underperformer franchise brokerage shipbuilder division shipping_room commercial_enterprise | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (business) the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | |
| Synonyms: | business_enterprise commercial_enterprise | |
| Examples: | "computers are now widely used in business" |
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| Related terms: | commerce industry construction field advertising transportation finance agribusiness cooperative discount_business storage packaging printing venture publication tourism butchery employee-owned_enterprise fishing real-estate_business market business_activity film administration establishment gambling_house stagnation dull business_people copartner bankroll capitalist shrewdness privatize tangible intangible operation player hostile overcapitalization | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (business) business concerns collectively | |
| Synonyms: | business_sector | |
| Examples: | "Government and business could not agree" |
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| Related terms: | sector big_business incorporate commercial_enterprise | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (business) the volume of business activity | |
| Examples: | : "business is good today" "show me where the business was today" |
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| Related terms: | business_activity trade land-office_business commercial_enterprise | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a rightful concern or responsibility; used in such phrases as "it's none of your business" or "mind your own business" | |
| Related terms: | concern | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | |
| Synonyms: | job occupation line line_of_work | |
| Examples: | "he's not in my line of business" |
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| Related terms: | activity job trade career position sport profession game accountancy treadmill farming metier catering photography appointment absorb | |
| 7. | [ noun ] an immediate objective | |
| Examples: | "gossip was the main business of the evening" |
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| Related terms: | aim occasions | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] (business) of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders | |
| Synonyms: | mercantile | |
| Examples: | "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks |
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| Related terms: | commercial | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (theater) incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | |
| Synonyms: | byplay stage_business | |
| Examples: | "his business with the cane was hilarious" |
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| Related terms: | acting schtick | |
| 10. | [ noun ] customers collectively | |
| Synonyms: | clientele patronage | |
| Examples: | "they have an upper class clientele" |
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| Related terms: | people patronize | |
| Similar spelling: |
businessmen businessman bugginess busyness buxomness buzzing bushing Buesing |
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