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The definition of business

20 Definitions of: business

    1. noun, a trade or profession
    2. noun, an industrial, commercial, or professional operation; purchase and sale of goods and services
    3. noun, a commercial or industrial establishment, such as a firm or factory
    4. noun, commercial activity; dealings (esp in the phrase do business)
    5. noun, volume or quantity of commercial activity
    6. noun, commercial policy or procedure
    7. noun, proper or rightful concern or responsibility (often in the phrase mind one's own business)
    8. noun, a special task; assignment
    9. noun, a matter or matters to be attended to
    10. noun, an affair; matter
    11. noun, serious work or activity
    12. noun, a complicated affair; rigmarole
    13. noun, a vaguely defined collection or area
    14. noun, Also called: stage business theatre an incidental action, such as lighting a pipe, performed by an actor for dramatic effect
    15. noun, a group of ferrets
    16. noun, like nobody's business extremely well or fast
    17. noun, mean business to be in earnest
    18. noun, do the business to achieve what is required
    19. noun, a euphemistic word for defecation (esp in the phrase do one's business)
    20. noun, a slang word for prostitution
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Synonyms: work, enterprise, career, occupation, vocation, trade, sell, insider dealing, industry, manufacture And more...
 

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