business

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
2. (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
3. (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
4. (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
5. (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
6. (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
7. (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
8. (countable) A particular situation or activity.
9. (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
10. (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
11. (uncountable) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
12. (uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
14. (countable, informal, uncountable) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
15. (countable, slang, uncountable) Prostitution.
16. (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
17. (British, countable, slang, uncountable) Something very good; top quality.
18. (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
19. (countable, slang, uncountable) Disruptive shenanigans.
20. (countable, uncountable) Matters.

Adj

1. Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
2. Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
3. Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

Synonyms

trade

affair

commerce

matter

work

occupation

concern

job

case

enterprise

task

company

business deal

duty

firm

affairs

profession

employment

industry

thing

operation

dealings

activity

transaction

deal

undertaking

errand

issue

transactions

subject

engagement

vocation

dealing

corporation

labour

venture

buying and selling

traffic

trading

business enterprise

establishment

line

responsibility

economy

duties

use

commercial enterprise

commercialism

service

skilful

Translations

Geschäft

affaire

commerce

entreprise

Handel

negocio

Unternehmen

handel

travail

comércio

negócio

επιχείρηση

Arbeit

Betrieb

commercio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɪz.nɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: busines

Inherited from Old English: bisiġnes

In summary

From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"

Sentences

Business before pleasure .

Please take a business card .

Please read my proposal for the future direction of the business .

The couple had two sons , both in the entertainment business .

So you combined pleasure with business !

Tourism business is one of the currently expanding activities in Monforte .