· 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"
Synonym(s): concern, business_concern, business_organization, business_organisation
Hypernym(s): enterprise
· the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
Synonym(s): commercial_enterprise, business_enterprise
Hypernym(s): commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
· the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
Synonym(s): occupation, job, line_of_work, line
Hypernym(s): activity
· a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
Hypernym(s): concern, worry, headache, vexation
· an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
Hypernym(s): aim, object, objective, target
· the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
Hypernym(s): business_activity, commercial_activity
· business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
Synonym(s): business_sector
Hypernym(s): sector
· customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
Synonym(s): clientele, patronage
Hypernym(s): people
· incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
Synonym(s): stage_business, byplay
Hypernym(s): acting, playing, playacting, performing