a usu commercial activity engaged in as a means of livelihood
one's regular employment, profession, or trade
a commercial or industrial enterprise or commercial and industrial enterprises as a whole
commercial and industrial enterprises as a whole, or the sector of the economy they represent
is bad for business
economic transactions or dealings; custom
are ready to take our business elsewhere
somebody's role or function
certainly know their business
an immediate task or objective; a mission
a particular field of endeavour
the best in the business
an affair of some kind; a matter
a strange business
personal concern
none of your business
proper motive; justification
has no business asking that
movements or actions performed by an actor as a way of communicating something about the character or simply to create something for the audience to watch
serious activity
get down to business
(the business) informal precisely what is needed
extraordinarily well or rapidly
to speak or act with serious intent; to be in earnest