business
| 1. |
(noun) incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" |
|
Synonyms: byplay, stage business |
|
Related Words: acting, performing, playacting, playing |
|
| 2. |
(noun) the volume of business activity: "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" |
|
Related Words: business activity, commercial activity, land-office business, patronage, trade |
|
| 3. |
(noun) a rightful concern or responsibility; used in such phrases as "it's none of your business" or "mind your own business" |
|
Related Words: concern, headache, vexation, worry |
|
| 4. |
(noun) an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening" |
|
Related Words: aim, object, objective, occasions, target |
|
| 5. |
(noun) business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" |
|
Synonyms: business sector |
|
Related Words: sector |
|
| 6. |
(noun) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
|
Synonyms: business concern, business organization, concern |
|
Related Words: agency, brokerage, business firm, carrier, chain, common carrier, conglomerate, corp, corporation, dealership, empire, enterprise, firm, franchise, house, maker, manufacturer, manufacturing business, partnership, processor, shipbuilder |
|
| 7. |
(noun) the principal activity in your life; "he's not in my line of business" |
|
Synonyms: line, line of work, occupation |
|
Related Words: accountancy, accounting, activity, biz, calling, career, catering, craft, employment, farming, game, job, land, medium, metier, photography, profession, sport, trade, vocation, work |
|
| 8. |
(satellite adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks |
|
Synonyms: mercantile |
|
| 9. |
(noun) the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" |
|
Synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise |
|
Related Words: advertising, advertizing, agribusiness, agriculture, building, butchering, butchery, co-op, commerce, commercialism, construction, cooperative, discount business, employee-owned business, employee-owned enterprise, field, field of operation, finance, fishing, industry, line of business, manufacture, manufacturing, mercantilism, packaging, printing, publication, publicizing, publishing, real-estate business, shipping, storage, touring, tourism, touristry, transport, transportation, venture |
|
| 10. |
(noun) customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" |
|
Synonyms: clientele, patronage |
|
Related Words: people |
|
|