business
IPA: bˈɪznʌs
noun
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- (slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
- (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- (slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
- (Australian Aboriginal) matters (e.g sorry business = a funeral)
adjective
- Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
- Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
- Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
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Examples of "business" in Sentences
- The business is sponsored by the company.
- He finds employment in the stationery business.
- The company's name is an acronym of Business and Agility.
- The company went out of business with the advent of the CD.
- In 1995, the company went into the prepared salads business.
- The company closed these as the business contracted in the 1990s.
- Because of the success of the oil business, the company persevered.
- The company is in the business of personal finance and mobile banking.
- The enforcement said that the business model of the company is illegal.