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English
Most common English words: lost « human « kept « #382: business » mean » manner » followingEtymology
From Old English bisigness. See busy.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɪzˌnəs/ or /ˈbɪzˌnɪs/, SAMPA: /"bIzn@s/ or /"bIznIs/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: busi‧ness
Noun
business (countable and uncountable; plural businesses)
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- I was left my father's business.
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- He is in the motor business.
- I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
- We do business all over the world.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- Business has been slow lately.
- They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- I shall take my business elsewhere.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- I studied business at Harvard.
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
- (countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
- Our principal business here is to get drunk.
- Let's get down to business.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- That's none of your business.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- 1992 James Wallace and Jim Erickson, Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire[1], page 154:
- Gates, who always flew business or coach, didn't particularly like the high air fares Nishi was charging to Microsoft, […]
- 1992 James Wallace and Jim Erickson, Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire[1], page 154:
- (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
- 1983 Peter Thomson, Shakespeare's Theatre[2], ISBN 0710203829, page 155:
- The business with the hat is a fine example of the difficulty of distinguishing between 'natural' and 'formal' acting.
- 1983 Peter Thomson, Shakespeare's Theatre[2], ISBN 0710203829, page 155:
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- 2004 Dave Duncan, The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades[3], ISBN 0060555114, page 252:
- I'm sure his goons will go through the ship like a business of ferrets, and they'll want to look in our baggage.
- 2004 Dave Duncan, The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades[3], ISBN 0060555114, page 252:
- (uncountable, slang, UK) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
- These new phones are the business!
- (slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- Your ferret left his business all over the floor.
- As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.
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Finnish
Etymology
From English business.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈbisnes]
Noun
business
- business (commercial enterprise)
Synonyms
Italian
Etymology
English
Noun
business m. inv.
- business (commercial enterprise)
Tatar
Etymology
Late loanword from English.
Noun
business
Declension
declension of business| Nominative | business |
|---|---|
| Genitive | businessnıñ |
| Dative | businessga |
| Accusative | businessnı |
| Locative | businessda |
| Ablative | businessdan |
References
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A business (also known as company, enterprise, or firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods, services, or both to consumers or tertiary business in exchange for money. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, in which most businesses are privately owned and typically formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners. The owners and operators of private, for-profit businesses have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned.
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