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business

noun

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"
Synonyms: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
Synonyms: business enterprise, commercial enterprise
business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
Synonyms: business sector
the volume of business activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
a rightful concern or responsibility; "it''s none of your business"; "mind your own business"
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he''s not in my line of business"
Synonyms: job, line, line of work, occupation
an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
Synonyms: byplay, stage business
customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
Synonyms: clientele, patronage