business

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The activity of buying and selling goods and services to make money.

   She studied marketing because she wants to go into business.

2. 2
   noun

   A company or organization that buys and sells goods or services.

   He started a small business selling handmade jewelry.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that concerns a particular person; their own affairs.

   What I do in my free time is none of your business.

4. 4
   noun

   The amount of trade or work that a company is doing.

   Business is good today, so we may sell out.

Common collocations

• business card Adjective + noun
• business meeting Adjective + noun
• family business Adjective + noun
• small business Adjective + noun
• do business Verb + noun
• run a business Verb + noun
• start a business Verb + noun
• business trip Adjective + noun
• build a business Verb + noun
• reputable business Adjective + noun

From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"

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