business
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/ noun A1- A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. · I left my father's business.
- A person's occupation, work, or trade. · He is in the motor and insurance businesses.· I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
- Commercial, industrial, or professional activity. · We do business all over the world.
- The volume or amount of commercial trade. · Business has been slow lately.· They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
- One's dealings; patronage. · I shall take my business elsewhere.
- Private commercial interests taken collectively. · This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
- The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management. · I studied business at Harvard.
- A particular situation or activity. · This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
Plural businesses
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“Well, it’s got no business there, at any rate: go and take it away!”
“If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”
“That’s none of _your_ business, Two!” said Seven.
“Yes, it _is_ his business!” said Five, “and I’ll tell him—it was for bringing the cook tulip-roots instead of onions.”
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