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English

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Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbɪznəs/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-business.ogg
  • Hyphenation: busi·ness


Noun

  1. A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
  2. : I was left my father's business.
  3. A person's occupation, work, or trade.
  4. : He is in the motor business.
  5. : I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
  6. commercial|Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
  7. : He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
  8. : We do business all over the world.
  9. The volume or amount of commercial trade.
  10. : Business has been slow lately.
  11. One's dealings; patronage.
  12. : I shall take my business elsewhere.
  13. Private commercial interests taken collectively.
  14. : This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
  15. The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
  16. : I studied business at Harvard.
  17. A particular situation or activity.
  18. : This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
  19. An objective or a matter needing to be deal with|dealt with.
  20. : Our principal business here is to get drunk.
  21. : Let's get down to business.
  22. Something involving one personally.
  23. : That's none of your business.
  24. Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
  25. : If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
  26. business class|Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
  27. *{{quote-book|1992|James Wallace and Jim Erickson|Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire|page=154|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h1hPAAAAMAAJ

|passage=Gates, who always flew business or coach, didn't particularly like the high air fares Nishi was charging to Microsoft, }}

  1. Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
  2. *{{quote-book|1983|Peter Thomson|Shakespeare's Theatre|page=155|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1kQ-AAAAIAAJ|isbn=0710203829

|passage= The business with the hat is a fine example of the difficulty of distinguishing between 'natural' and 'formal' acting.}}

  1. The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
  2. *{{quote-book|2004|w:Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan|The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades|page=252|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jEVRHh4y6NUC|isbn=0060555114

|passage=I'm sure his goons will go through the ship like a business of ferrets, and they'll want to look in our baggage. }}

  1. Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
  2. : ''These new phones are the business!
  3. excrement|Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
  4. : Your ferret left his business all over the floor.


Derived terms


Translations

Adjective

business

  1. of, or related to business
  2. : She is very fluent with business jargon.


See also


Category:1000 English basic words

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Etymology

Late loanword from English.

Noun

business

  1. business#English|business


Declension

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References

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Category:Tatar nouns

ar:business da:business de:business et:business el:business es:business fa:business fr:business ko:business hy:business io:business id:business it:business ku:business li:business hu:business nl:business ja:business pt:business ru:business simple:business fi:business ta:business te:business vi:business uk:business zh:business

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Business \Busi"ness\ (b[i^]z"n[e^]s), n.; pl. Businesses
(b[i^]z"n[e^]s*[e^]z). [From Busy.]
1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time,
attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern
or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time;
constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business
of life; business before pleasure.
[1913 Webster]

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's
business? --Luke ii. 49.
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2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for
livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a
profession. "The business of instruction." --Prescott.
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3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in
general; mercantile transactions.
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It seldom happens that men of a studious turn
acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge
of business. --Bp. Popteus.
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4. That which one has to do or should do; special service,
duty, or mission.
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The daughter of the King of France,
On serious business, craving quick despatch,
Importunes personal conference. --Shak.
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What business has the tortoise among the clouds?
--L'Estrange.
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5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense,
and modified by the connected words.
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It was a gentle business, and becoming
The action of good women. --Shak.
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Bestow
Your needful counsel to our business. --Shak.
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6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons
and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by
the stage manager in rehearsal.
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7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] --Wycherley.

To make (a thing) one's business, to occupy one's self with
a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.]

To mean business, to be earnest. [Colloq.]
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Syn: Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement;
employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession;
vocation; office; duty.
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WordNet business
n 1: 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" [syn: concern, business concern, {business
organization}, business organisation]
2: the activity of providing goods and services involving
financial and commercial and industrial aspects;
"computers are now widely used in business" [syn: {commercial
enterprise}, business enterprise]
3: business concerns collectively; "Government and business
could not agree" [syn: business sector]
4: the volume of business activity; "business is good today";
"show me where the business was today"
5: a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your
business"; "mind your own business"
6: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation,
job, line of work, line]
7: an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the
evening"
8: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic
effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn: {stage
business}, byplay]
9: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage]
Moby Dictionary
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 , business establishment ,
call of duty , calling , career , career building , careerism , cartel ,
chamber of commerce , characterization , charge , combine , commerce ,
commercial , commercial affairs , commercial enterprise ,
commercial relations , commitment , compagnie , company , concern ,
concernment , conglomerate , conglomerate corporation ,
consolidating company , consortium , contract , copartnership ,
corporate body , corporation , craft , custom , deal , dealing ,
dealings , dedication , deference , devoir , devotion , dingus ,
diversified corporation , dofunny , doing , doings ,
duties and responsibilities , duty , effort , employment , engagement ,
enterprise , establishment , ethics , fair trade , fealty , firm ,
free trade , function , gadget , gag , game , gizmo , goings-on , ham ,
hammy acting , handicraft , hoke , hokum , holding company , homage ,
hootenanny , house , imperative , impersonation , industrial , industry ,
intercourse , interest , issue , jigger , job , joint-stock association ,
joint-stock company , lifework , line , line of business ,
line of duty , line of work , lookout , loyalty , market , marketing ,
matter , mercantile , mercantile business , merchant , merchantry ,
metier , militancy , mimesis , mimicking , mimicry , miming , mission ,
motion , movement , multilateral trade , mummery , must , mystery ,
number , obligation , occasions , occupation , office , onus ,
operating company , operation , organization , ought , outfit ,
overacting , palaver , pantomiming , partnership , patter , performance ,
performing , personation , place , plan , playacting , playing ,
plunderbund , point , political activism , pool , portrayal , practice ,
problem , proceeding , proceedings , profession , program , project ,
projection , proposition , proprietorship , province , public utility ,
pursuit , question , racket , reciprocal trade , representation ,
respect , responsibility , restraint of trade , retail , role ,
self-imposed duty , slapstick , small business , specialization ,
specialty , stage business , stage directions , stage presence , stir ,
stock company , stunt , subject , syndicate , taking a role , task ,
the business world , the marketplace , thing , thingumajig , topic ,
trade , trade association , trading , traffic , transaction , truck ,
trust , undertaking , unilateral trade , utility , venture , vocation ,
walk , walk of life , wholesale , work


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