business

/bˈɪznʌs/

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Noun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother''s business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
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the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
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the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he''s not in my line of business"
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a rightful concern or responsibility; "it''s none of your business"; "mind your own business"
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an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
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the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
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business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
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customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
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incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"