English to English noun 1. 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 source: wordnet30
2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects  computers are now widely used in business source: wordnet30
3. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money  he's not in my line of business source: wordnet30
4. a rightful concern or responsibility  it's none of your business|mind your own business source: wordnet30
5. an immediate objective  gossip was the main business of the evening source: wordnet30
6. the volume of commercial activity  business is good today|show me where the business was today source: wordnet30
7. business concerns collectively  Government and business could not agree source: wordnet30
8. customers collectively  they have an upper class clientele source: wordnet30
9. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect  his business with the cane was hilarious source: wordnet30
10. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.  source: webster1913
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