business

/bˈɪznəs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
“he bought his brother's business”
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
“he's not in my line of business”
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”
business concerns collectively
“Government and business could not agree”
customers collectively
“they have an upper class clientele”
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
“his business with the cane was hilarious”

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