business enterprise
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈbɪznəs ˈɛntərpraɪz/
:
empresa
- Many young entrepreneurs are launching their own business enterprises to cater to local markets.
- small business enterprise
- successful business enterprises
- survival of a business enterprise
This this case is shutting down Trump's business enterprise.
- This this case is shutting down Trump's business enterprise.
- And it's about the difference between large business enterprise and small Smas.
Examples
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The startup aims to become a leading business enterprise by providing innovative tech solutions.
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If you operate or work in a business enterprise, then this venue is for you.
Blog text (5) -
In exchange for the status of becoming truly a self supporting business enterprise, you would have to deal with the consumer protection.
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This I did as a strictly business enterprise... to support a home and family.
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Business ethics and social responsibility are critical to the survival of a business enterprise.
Academic text (2013) -
In modern business enterprises, this exchange process is enabled primarily through the use of IT.
Academic text (2003) -
A central aim of the program is to encourage private, community-based business enterprises.
Academic text (1991) -
On the whole, Southeastern Indians appear to have been remarkably successful in various business enterprises.
Academic text (1995) -
Individuals are increasingly gravitating toward work in ever-larger business enterprises.
Academic text (2017) -
Growing interest in ethnic business enterprise is slowly generating a literature on self- or family-employed women, particularly Koreans.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A business that makes and sells things or offers services for money
420
3.8
A business often new and needing bold action
4
3.4
A business that sells goods or services to make money
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
How Big
3
3.9
∞
3.7
∞
1.0
3
3.2
- Canadian
11
2.8
- Specialized
3
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both constituents 'business' and 'enterprise' denote commercial organizations/activities, so their combination simply reinforces the idea of an organization engaged in profit-making activity; the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional, non-idiomatic phrasing is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Business enterprise joins business (work to make money) and enterprise (a bold project or company). The picture of people starting a bold, organized project to sell things or offer services helps explain why business enterprise means an organization or activity set up 'to make money'.