English dictionary
business
nounPronunciation
ˈbɪz.nɪs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
noun
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
noun
- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
noun
- the volume of commercial activity
noun
- a rightful concern or responsibility
noun
- an immediate objective
noun
- business concerns collectively
noun
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
noun
- customers collectively
Example sentences
his business with the cane was hilarious
he's not in my line of business
computers are now widely used in business
business is good today
show me where the business was today
it's none of your business
mind your own business
gossip was the main business of the evening
Government and business could not agree
he bought his brother's business
a small mom-and-pop business
a racially integrated business concern
they have an upper class clientele