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business   (TTS Sound)

The noun business has 9 senses

• business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (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")


• commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")


• occupation, business, job, line of work, line -- (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")


• business -- (a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business")


• business -- (an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening")


• business -- (the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today")


• business, business sector -- (business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree")


• clientele, patronage, business -- (customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele")


• business, stage business, byplay -- (incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious")