business

  • 41business — / bɪznɪs/ noun 1. work in buying, selling or doing other things to make a profit ● We do a lot of business with Japan. ● Business is expanding. ● Business is slow. ● Repairing cars is 90% of our business. ● We did more business in the week before …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 42business — See: DO THE BUSINESS, HAVE NO BUSINESS, LAND OFFICE BUSINESS, MEAN BUSINESS, MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43business — See: DO THE BUSINESS, HAVE NO BUSINESS, LAND OFFICE BUSINESS, MEAN BUSINESS, MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 44business — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bisynesse, from bisy busy + nesse ness Date: 14th century 1. archaic purposeful activity ; busyness 2. a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45business — busi•ness [[t]ˈbɪz nɪs[/t]] n. 1) bus an occupation, profession, or trade 2) bus the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit 3) bus a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service 4) bus… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 46Business TV — Unter Business TV (auch Firmenfernsehen oder Corporate TV) versteht man ein Fernsehprogramm, das im Rahmen der Unternehmenskommunikation produziert und ausgestrahlt wird. Es zählt zum Bereich des Corporate Publishing. Neben der Schulung und… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 47business — Synonyms and related words: Aktiengesellschaft, acting, action, activeness, activism, activity, affair, aktiebolag, allegiance, area, art, assigned task, attempt, balance of trade, big business, body corporate, bounden duty, buffoonery, burden,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 48business — 1. adjective /ˈbɪzˌnəs/ a) Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes. Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone. b) Professional …

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  • 49Business — 1. An organization or enterprising entity engaged in commercial, industrial or professional activities. A business can be a for profit entity, such as a publicly traded corporation, or a non profit organization engaged in business activities,… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 50business —    any taboo or criminal act    It may refer to defecation or, less often, urination, by humans or animals; to sexual activity; to killing; to illegal drug use; etc.     Frensic finished his business in the lavatory. (Sharpe, 1977 Frensic was not …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms