businessnoun
uk/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us/ˈbɪz.nɪs/business noun (SELLING)
A1 [ U ] the activity of buying and selling goods and services:
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- Many things make it difficult for women to reach the top in US business.
- The way to be successful in business is always to stay one jump ahead of your competitors.
- What can European companies learn from Japanese business practices?
- She runs her own printing business.
- They put a lot of money into the family business.
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Buying & selling - general words
- all-you-can-eat
- barter
- black market
- bottom
- brokerage
- channel
- cold-calling
- desk research
- first refusal
- handle
- high street
- market share
- pawn
- supply and demand idiom
- the grey market
- trade
- trade route
- trading
- transaction
- under the counter idiom
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business noun (COMPANY)
A2 [ C ] a particular company that buys and sells goods and services:
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Enterprises
- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- collective
- consultancy
- enterprise
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- outfit
- plc
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
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business noun (WORK)
B1 [ U ] work that you do to earn money:
[ U ] the amount of work done or the number of goods or services sold by a company or organization:
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Work, working and the workplace
- a long way to go idiom
- act as sth 1
- act as sth
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) idiom
- assignment
- cabin
- grind
- hold down a job idiom
- hoop
- hot desk
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- labour
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- sweat
- sweat over sth
- swing into action idiom
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
business noun (MATTER)
[ S or U ] a situation or activity, often one that you are giving your opinion about:
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- The advertising world can be a very cut-throat business.
- It was a ghastly business all round.
- If you try any funny business you'll be sorry.
- Eating spaghetti can be a messy business.
- I was more than a little curious about the whole business.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Topics & areas of interest
- affair
- backyard
- domain
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- sweep
- talk
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
- turf
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business noun (THINGS YOU DO)
[ U ] the things that you do or the matters that relate only to you:
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- In spite of last night's terrorist attack, most people seem to be going about their business as if nothing had happened.
- "Where have you been?" "Mind your own business!"
- I was just motoring along, minding my own business, when suddenly I was stopped by the police.
- How you choose to conduct your private life is your own business!
- He's an interfering old busybody - who I go out with is none of his business!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Topics & areas of interest
- affair
- backyard
- domain
- ground
- in your backyard idiom
- kingdom
- matter
- specialism
- specialty
- sphere
- stage
- subject
- sweep
- talk
- talking of sb/sth idiom
- theme
- themed
- thesis
- topic
- turf
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