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Revision as of 03:11, 23 August 2016
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English busines, bisynes, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to Lua error in Module:affix/templates at line 38: The |lang= parameter is not used by this template. Place the language code in parameter 1 instead.. Compare also busyness.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Noun
business (countable and uncountable, plural businesses)
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- I was left my father's business.
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
- I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
- We do business all over the world.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- Business has been slow lately.
- They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- I shall take my business elsewhere.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- I studied business at Harvard.
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
- (countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
- Our principal business here is to get drunk.
- Let's get down to business.
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- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- That's none of your business.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
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- (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
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- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
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- (uncountable, slang, British) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
- These new phones are the business!
- (slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- Your ferret left his business all over the floor.
- As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.
Derived terms
- agribusiness
- big business
- business as usual
- business analyst
- business architect
- business before pleasure
- business card
- business class
- business day
- business deal
- business economics
- business end
- business English
- business ethics
- business failure
- business girl
- business intelligence
- business lunch
- business model
- business name
- business plan
- business practice
- business record
- business risk
- business trip
- business trust
- business unit
- business venture
- businesslike
- businessman
- businessperson
- businesswoman
- business-to-business
- do business
- e-business
- family business
- funny business
- get down to business
- give someone the business
- line of business
- mean business
- mind one's own business
- monkey business
- order of business
- out of business
- personal business
- place of business
- show business
- small business
- take care of business
- unfinished business
- we appreciate your business
Translations
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Adjective
business
- Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
- 1897, Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) Sound Currency Committee, Sound currency, Volumes 4-5, page cclii,
- They are solely business instruments. Every man's relation to them is purely a business relation. His use of them is purely a business use.
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- 1996, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, American Law Reports: Annotations and Cases, Volume 35, page 432,
- […] the fact that the injured party came to the insured premises for solely business purposes precluded any reliance on the non-business pursuits exception (§ 1 1 2[b]).
- 2003, Marvin Snider, Compatibility Breeds Success: How to Manage Your Relationship with Your Business Partner, page 298,
- Both of these partnerships have to cope with these dual issues in a more complicated way than is the case in solely business partnerships.
- "Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone."
- 1897, Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) Sound Currency Committee, Sound currency, Volumes 4-5, page cclii,
- Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
- 1889, The Clothier and furnisher, Volume 19, page 38,
- He is thoroughly business, but has the happy faculty of transacting it in a genial and courteous manner.
- 1909, La Salle Extension University, Business Administration: Business Practice, page 77,
- […] and the transaction carried through in a thoroughly business manner.
- 1927, Making of America Project, Harper's Magazine, Volume 154, page 502,
- Sometimes this very subtle contrast becomes only too visible, as when in wartime Jewish business men were almost lynched because they were thoroughly business men and worked for profit.
- 2009, Frank Channing Haddock, Business Power: Supreme Business Laws and Maxims that Win Wealth, page 231,
- The moral is evident: do not invest in schemes promising enormous and quick returns unless you have investigated them in a thoroughly business manner.
- 1889, The Clothier and furnisher, Volume 19, page 38,
- Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
- 1867, Edmund Hodgson Yates (editor), Amiens, in Tinsley's Magazine, page 430,
- Amiens is a thoroughly business town, the business being chiefly with the flax-works.
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- 1867, Edmund Hodgson Yates (editor), Amiens, in Tinsley's Magazine, page 430,
See also
Statistics
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbisnes/, [ˈbis̠ne̞s̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈpisnes/, [ˈpis̠ne̞s̠]
- IPA(key): /ˈbusinesː/, [ˈbus̠ine̞s̠ː]
Noun
business
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) Alternative spelling of bisnes
Declension
This spelling does not fit nicely into Finnish declension system and is therefore seldom used, and mainly in nominative singular.
Pronunciation "bisnes":
Declension of business (type vastaus)
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Pronunciation "business":
Declension of business (type vastaus)
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Usage notes
It may be advisable to avoid using this term in writing.
Synonyms
- See Synonyms-section under bisnes
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /biz.nɛs/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /bɪz.nɪs/ (Québec)
Noun
business m (plural business)
External links
- “business”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /ˈbiznis/
Noun
business m (invariable)
- business (commercial enterprise)
Synonyms
Tatar
Etymology
Noun
business
Declension
Nominative | business |
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Genitive | businessnıñ |
Dative | businessga |
Accusative | businessnı |
Locative | businessda |
Ablative | businessdan |
References
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- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Travel
- en:Acting
- English terms with rare senses
- English slang
- British English
- Lao terms with redundant script codes
- English adjectives
- English collective nouns
- 1000 English basic words
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Tatar terms borrowed from English
- Tatar terms derived from English
- Tatar lemmas
- Tatar nouns