big business
noun
1
: an economic group consisting of large profit-making corporations especially with regard to their influence on social or political policy
2
: a very profitable enterprise
Example Sentences
The tax proposal will be of most benefit to big business. Tourism is big business in the region.
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Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 The move is the latest indication of the five-member commission’s more aggressive approach under Ms. Khan, a Democrat who has been a vocal critic of big business, particularly large technology companies. John D. Mckinnon, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Republicans argue new taxes on big business will be counterproductive (though a tax in the IRA affecting manufacturers was scaled back). Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022 But alongside activists and political movements, DDT had a surprising opponent in big business. Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 31 May 2022 That activism has often put companies at odds with the Republican Party, traditionally the ally of big business. New York Times, 27 May 2022 In the Eighties, public corporations still accounted for the bulk of big business. Melinda Cooper, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 The governor and the Republicans in the Legislature have a symbiotic relationship with big business in general and Disney in particular. Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2022 There have been some clues in recent years that the exodus of big business from California hasn’t been all it’s cracked up to be. Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 See More
Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 The move is the latest indication of the five-member commission’s more aggressive approach under Ms. Khan, a Democrat who has been a vocal critic of big business, particularly large technology companies. John D. Mckinnon, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Republicans argue new taxes on big business will be counterproductive (though a tax in the IRA affecting manufacturers was scaled back). Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022 But alongside activists and political movements, DDT had a surprising opponent in big business. Scott W. Stern, The New Republic, 31 May 2022 That activism has often put companies at odds with the Republican Party, traditionally the ally of big business. New York Times, 27 May 2022 In the Eighties, public corporations still accounted for the bulk of big business. Melinda Cooper, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 The governor and the Republicans in the Legislature have a symbiotic relationship with big business in general and Disney in particular. Skyler Swisher, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Mar. 2022 There have been some clues in recent years that the exodus of big business from California hasn’t been all it’s cracked up to be. Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1
big business
noun
as in organization
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- organization
- association
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- pool
- trust
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- megacorporation