business
/bˈɪznʌs/
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Definitions
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"
Noun
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
Noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he''s not in my line of business"
Noun
a rightful concern or responsibility; "it''s none of your business"; "mind your own business"
Noun
an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
Noun
the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
Noun
business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
Noun
customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
Noun
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
Synonyms
business concern
business enterprise
business organisation
business organization
business sector
byplay
clientele
commercial enterprise
concern
job
line
line of work
occupation
patronage
stage business
More General Terms
acting
activity
aim
business activity
commerce
commercial activity
commercialism
concern
enterprise
headache
mercantilism
object
objective
people
performing
playacting
playing
sector
target
vexation
worry
More Specific Terms
accountancy
accounting
advertising
agency
agribusiness
agriculture
appointment
berth
big business
billet
biz
brokerage
building
business firm
butchering
butchery
calling
career
carrier
catering
chain
common carrier
confectionery
construction
craft
dealership
discount business
employee-owned business
employee-owned enterprise
employment
factory farm
farming
field
field of operation
finance
firm
fishing
franchise
game
house
industry
land
land-office business
line of business
maker
manufacture
manufacturer
manufacturing business
medium
metier
occasions
office
packaging
partnership
patronage
photography
place
position
post
printing
processor
profession
publication
publicizing
publishing
real-estate business
salt mine
schtick
schtik
shipbuilder
shipping
shtick
shtik
situation
sport
spot
storage
tourism
touristry
trade
transport
transportation
treadmill
underperformer
venture
vocation
work