business > noun 1, groupMeaning | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it. |
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Examples | "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
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Synonyms | concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation |
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Category of | shipping room |
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Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business |
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Members | division |
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Narrower | agency; brokerage; carrier, common carrier; chain; firm, house, business firm; franchise, dealership; manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business; partnership; processor; shipbuilder; underperformer |
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Broader | enterprise |
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business > noun 2, actMeaning | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects. |
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Examples | "computers are now widely used in business" |
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Synonyms | commercial enterprise, business enterprise |
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Category of | dull, slow, sluggish; hostile; tangible; intangible; overcapitalization, overcapitalisation; operation; business; administration, disposal; establishment; gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house; shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness; film, cinema, celluloid; business people, businesspeople; business, business sector; business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation; capitalist; copartner; player; bankroll, roll; stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums; privatize, privatise |
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Part of | market, marketplace |
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Parts | business activity, commercial activity |
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Narrower | tourism, touristry; fishing; butchery, butchering; storage; industry, manufacture; field, field of operation, line of business; employee-owned enterprise, employee-owned business; finance; discount business; real-estate business; advertising, publicizing; publication, publishing; printing; packaging; agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm; construction, building; transportation, shipping, transport; venture |
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Broader | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
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business > noun 6, actMeaning | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. |
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Examples | "he's not in my line of business" |
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Synonyms | occupation, job, line of work, line |
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Narrower | sport; farming, land; game, biz; career, calling, vocation; employment, work; appointment; position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation; treadmill, salt mine; trade, craft; profession; metier, medium; accountancy, accounting; photography; catering |
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Broader | activity |
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