Business - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbɪznəs|  American pronunciation of the word business
Brit.  |ˈbɪznəs|  British pronunciation of the word business

noun

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

Extra examples

The store has lost a significant amount of business since the factory closed.

She works in the publishing business.

David has decided to go into business with his brother.

Their publishing company is the best in the business.

I have to go to New York City on business next week.

They advertised to increase business.

He has the skills necessary to run a business.

The town is trying to attract new businesses.

Do we have any other business we need to discuss?

No, I didn't ask him what he wanted the car for. That's his business.

I'm here on business.

His business is poultry farming.

He has bought his uncle's business.

You had no business to do it

It's nobody's business

Word forms

noun
singular: business
plural: businesses
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