business concern
1
3.2
- noun
- /ˈbɪz.nɪs kənˈsɜrn/
- Formal
:
empresa
- The electronics company is a well-known business concern that specializes in sustainable technology.
- a small business concern
Examples
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The head of a large German business concern.
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Success in any sports team or business concern.
Blog text (28) -
The costs of environmental and labor regulations matter, but they are typically well down the list of business concerns.
Academic text (2002) -
The three men in expensive suits represented a consortium of American business concerns.
Fiction book (1996) -
And ever since John Roberts was appointed chief justice in 2005, the court has seemed only more receptive to business concerns.
Blog text (21) -
Because business concerns tend to have ample financial resources at their disposal, they can secure considerable political clout with relative ease.
Academic text (1997) -
Internationally, these business concerns are known as "small and medium-sized enterprises" (SMEs).
Academic text (2017) -
After years of hard work, she finally founded her own business concern focused on eco-friendly products.
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His family's business concern has been operating in the community for over three generations.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A company or shop and the people who work there
420
3.8
A business often new and needing bold action
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
How Big
44
7.0
∞
3.7
∞
1.0
- Formal
1
3.2
- Canadian
11
2.8
- Specialized
3
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Both words independently denote a commercial organization, so the compound simply restates that concept; a B1 learner who knows 'business' and the sense of 'concern' meaning an enterprise can readily infer 'business concern' = a company. The composition follows a straightforward noun+noun collocation pattern common across languages, making the meaning transparent rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Business concern comes from the older use of concern to mean something that matters to you. So business, meaning the work or company, plus concern gives the image of the company a person cares for, and that's why a business concern now means a 'company' or 'enterprise'.