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business

noun

1 business

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.

synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern.

Roget 151: eventuality, event, occurrence, incident, affair, matter, thing, episode, happening, proceeding, contingency, juncture, experience, fact; ... show more

Roget 692: conduct [actions of an individual agent]; behavior; deportment, comportment; carriage, maintien, demeanor, guise, bearing, manner, observance.    dealing, ... show more

Roget 454: subject of thought, material for thought; food for the mind, mental pabulum.    subject, subject matter; matter, theme, noemata [Gr.], topic, what it is about, thesis, text, business, ... show more

Roget 622: pursuit; pursuing etc. v.; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise etc. (undertaking) 676; business etc. 625; ... show more

Dutch: bedrijf
Polish: koncern

2 business

The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects:
— Computers are now widely used in business.

synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise.

Roget 794: barter, exchange, scorse, truck system; interchange etc. 148.    a Roland for an Oliver; quid pro quo; commutation, composition; Indian gift [U.S.].    trade, commerce, ... show more

Dutch: zaken, zakenleven, onderneming, klandizie, businessclass, zaak, bedrijf, vak
Polish: interes

3 business

The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money:
— He's not in my line of business.

synonyms: job, line, line of work, occupation.

Roget 680: action, performance; doing, etc. v.; perpetration; exercise, excitation; movement, operation, evolution, work; labor ... show more

Roget 625: business, occupation, employment; pursuit etc. 622; what one is doing, what one is about; affair, concern, matter, case.    matter in hand, ... show more

Dutch: baan, beroep, betrekking, dienstverband, functie, job, métier, positie, post, professie ... show more
Polish: zatrudnienie, praca, robota

4 business

A rightful concern or responsibility.

5 business

An immediate objective.

6 business

The volume of commercial activity.

Polish: biznes

7 business

Business concerns collectively:
— Government and business could not agree.

synonym: business sector.

Dutch: bedrijfsleven, privé-sector, privésector, zakenleven

8 business

Customers collectively.

synonyms: clientele, patronage.

Dutch: cliënteel, klantenbestand
Polish: klientela

9 business

Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect:
— His business with the cane was hilarious.

synonyms: byplay, stage business.


Moby thesaurus: Aktiengesellschaft, acting, action, activeness, activism, activity, affair, aktiebolag, allegiance, area, art, assigned task, attempt, balance of trade, big business, body corporate, bounden duty, buffoonery, burden, business dealings ... show more.

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