business
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈbɪznəs/
:
empresa
- He had gotten married, started a business and had a child.
- small businesses
- a business owner
- own a business
I'm going to launch a business that sells candles.
- I'm going to launch a business that sells candles.
- I would say I've never sold a business yet.
- It's that he'd always basically ran his business doing just enough.
- After you sell your business, we sold to Amazon.
- Could you starve every business that deals with Trump?
- And what he was learning was how businesses worked from the ground up.
- You own your own business, you own your own product, right?
- This this this will help save your business and save your family.
Examples
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I've been in this business a long time.
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I'm going to launch a business that sells candles.
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Our issue is to run the business, to lead the staff.
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This this this will help save your business and save your family.
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Students have developed a wide range of business ideas in a variety of information technology sectors.
Academic text (2017) -
That year was the record year for small business bankruptcies.
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He was a writer for some of the biggest names in the business.
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I would argue that doubling your business would be pretty realistic.
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He decided to open a new business that focuses on eco-friendly products.
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Small businesses are essential for economic growth and job creation in many communities.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A business that makes and sells things or offers services for money
∞
2.7
A group of people who work together for a common goal
∞
1.9
A company that provides professional services like lawyers or accountants
557
3.7
A business that makes or sells goods, often large
122
3.8
A place like a shop or hotel that sells goods and offers services
58
4.4
A business that sells goods or provides services
4
3.4
A business that sells goods or services to make money
3
3.2
An organization that sells goods or services to make a profit
3
2.9
A group that sells things or provides services and has people working in it
1
2.7
A company that sells goods or services to make money
1
3.5
A place where people sell things or offer services, like a shop
1
3.2
A company that sells goods or provides services, including its people
Idioms
- Informal
51
3.7
Stay out of other people's private matters and focus on your own
- Informal
35
5.8
Tell someone not to ask about or get involved in other people's lives
- Informal
5
4.6
Playful mischief that can include small dishonest acts to trick or amuse people
1
9.3
A style that looks formal at the front and casual at the back
A saying that theatre or film work is more exciting, rewarding, and difficult than other jobs
Compounds
68
1.0
A small printed card showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
38
2.8
A school that teaches people how to run or manage companies, often to get an MBA
32
2.4
An agreement between companies or people to exchange goods and services for money
20
3.1
A building where a company does its work, for example selling goods or offering services
14
3.5
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
10
3.1
A person who travels for work and whose employer pays their travel costs
- Specialized
5
3.4
Actions done to run a company, like buying, selling or providing services
5
3.0
Part of a country's economy made of companies and groups that sell goods or services
5
3.9
Part of the United States government that helps small businesses with loans and advice
3
2.9
A group that sells things or provides services and has people working in it
2
3.5
A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
1
2.9
A digital file or link showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
- Formal
1
2.7
A formal letter from one company or person to another about business matters
1
4.0
An amount a business can subtract from its income before paying taxes for money spent running the business
1
2.7
A part of a company that handles one area of work, like sales or marketing
1
2.8
A college that teaches practical office skills for business, like typing and accounting
- Texting
1
4.2
A business that buys, sells, or manages virtual land inside online games
A person who manages business affairs for employees and represents them to employers
A small card with a person's name, job title, phone number, and email that people give in business meetings
- Specialized
A system that uses computers to handle business information for accounting and management
- Specialized
A careful study of outside things that affect a company to find chances and risks and plan how to respond
- Specialized
A careful study of outside things that affect a business to find risks and opportunities
- Specialized
Money a business gets to cover lost income and fixed costs when its work stops after a disaster
- Specialized
A way of studying and changing how a company works to make it faster, cheaper, and better
A business situation where companies compete very hard and may hurt competitors to win
How Big
44
7.0
∞
3.7
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
- Canadian
11
2.8
- Specialized
3
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Business comes from busy ('occupied') plus -ness ('state of being'), which gave the idea of work done by people. That's why business can mean a company or organization and the people who work in it.