business
- noun
- /ˈbɪznəs/
- There is one more item of business, these two medals.
- none of our business
- make it your business
- their own business
My health, my family, my business, the people that I love.
- My health, my family, my business, the people that I love.
- My health, my relationship, my money, my business, my mindset.
- But this dude has no business being my boss.
- This is my business, this is my business.
- Who would be responsible for this present business about the fraternity?
- because my business is like my business, like my, my dreams
Examples
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I know it's terrible for the kids, but business is business, right?
Fiction book (1990) -
You can't tell me how to run my business.
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My health, my family, my business, the people that I love.
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Well, I learned about business early on from my dad.
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Start getting smart about business, not just technology.
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Whether this one or that is guilty or not is the business of the lawyers and the courts.
Academic text (1999) -
I've got some unfinished business.
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A variety of multilateral organizations now make it their business to intervene in other people's wars.
Academic text (1999) -
It is none of your business what I do in my free time.
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The team is focusing on the important business of increasing customer satisfaction.
Synonyms
Private matters that concern only you
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Stay out of other people's private matters and focus on your own
- Informal
Tell someone not to ask about or get involved in other people's lives
- Informal
Playful mischief that can include small dishonest acts to trick or amuse people
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
A small printed card showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
A school that teaches people how to run or manage companies, often to get an MBA
An agreement between companies or people to exchange goods and services for money
A building where a company does its work, for example selling goods or offering services
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
A person who travels for work and whose employer pays their travel costs
- Specialized
Actions done to run a company, like buying, selling or providing services
Part of a country's economy made of companies and groups that sell goods or services
Part of the United States government that helps small businesses with loans and advice
A group that sells things or provides services and has people working in it
A sale where a shop sells everything at low prices because it is closing
A digital file or link showing a person's name, job, company, and contact details
- Formal
A formal letter from one company or person to another about business matters
An amount a business can subtract from its income before paying taxes for money spent running the business
A part of a company that handles one area of work, like sales or marketing
A college that teaches practical office skills for business, like typing and accounting
- Texting
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 Relevant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Business comes from busy ('occupied') and -ness ('state'), so it also came to mean someone's own matters or concerns. That's why saying 'none of my business' means it is not your concern.