business
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/noun2 syllables
Business means: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.
Synonyms for business15
noun, as in a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
noun, as in the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
noun, as in the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
noun, as in customers collectively
noun, as in incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
noun, as in business concerns collectively
What does business mean?9
noun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it“he bought his brother's business”
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money“he's not in my line of business”
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects“computers are now widely used in business”
customers collectively“they have an upper class clientele”
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect“his business with the cane was hilarious”
business concerns collectively“Government and business could not agree”
a rightful concern or responsibility“it's none of your business”
an immediate objective“gossip was the main business of the evening”
the volume of commercial activity“business is good today”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Business in a sentence
- In any case, it's none of your business.CM
- In any case, it's no business of yours.orcrist
- If there is somebody to back me up, the business will be successful.CM
- Ten years ago, such business would have been a success.unknown
- Business is bad, and the outlook for next year is even worse.CM
- Recently, many public bath-houses have gone out of business.unknown
- I'm not used to writing a business letter, yet.unknown
- The president held himself responsible for the slump in business, and left his post.CM
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of business
as a noun
- plural
- businesses