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===Pronunciation===
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* {{IPA|/ˈbɪznəs/|/ˈbɪznɪs/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|/ˈbɪznɪs/|/ˈbɪznɪz/|lang=en}}
* {{a|weak vowel merger}} {{IPA|/ˈbɪznəs/|/ˈbɪznəz/|lang=en}}
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* {{hyphenation|busi|ness|lang=en}}
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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

Noun

business (countable and uncountable, plural businesses)

  1. (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
    I was left my father's business.
  2. (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
    He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
    I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
  3. (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.
  4. (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.
  5. (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
    I shall take my business elsewhere.
  6. (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
    This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
  7. (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
    I studied business at Harvard.
  8. (countable) A particular situation or activity.
    This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
  9. (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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  10. (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
    That's none of your business.
  11. (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.
  12. (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
  13. (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
  14. (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
  15. (uncountable, slang, British) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
    These new phones are the business!
  16. (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

Terms derived from business (noun)

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Translations

matters that come before a body for deliberation or action
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Adjective

business

  1. 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."
  2. 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.
  3. Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

See also

Statistics

Finnish

Etymology

English business.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbisnes/, [ˈbis̠ne̞s̠]
  • IPA(key): /ˈpisnes/, [ˈpis̠ne̞s̠]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbusinesː/, [ˈbus̠ine̞s̠ː]

Noun

business

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= 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)
singular plural
nominative business bisnekset
genitive bisneksen bisneksien
bisnesten
partitive bisnestä bisneksiä
accusative business
bisneksen 		bisnekset
inessive bisneksessä bisneksissä
elative bisneksestä bisneksistä
illative bisnekseen bisneksiin
adessive bisneksellä bisneksillä
ablative bisnekseltä bisneksiltä
allative bisnekselle bisneksille
essive bisneksenä bisneksinä
translative bisnekseksi bisneksiksi
abessive bisneksettä bisneksittä
instructive – bisneksin
comitative – bisneksineen

Pronunciation "business":

Declension of business (type vastaus)
singular plural
nominative business businekset
genitive busineksen busineksien
businesten
partitive businesta busineksia
accusative business
busineksen 		businekset
inessive busineksessa busineksissa
elative busineksesta busineksista
illative businekseen busineksiin
adessive busineksella busineksilla
ablative businekselta busineksilta
allative businekselle busineksille
essive busineksena busineksina
translative businekseksi busineksiksi
abessive busineksetta busineksitta
instructive – busineksin
comitative – busineksineen

Usage notes

It may be advisable to avoid using this term in writing.

Synonyms

  • See Synonyms-section under bisnes

French

Etymology

English business.

Pronunciation

Noun

business m (plural business)

  1. business, firm, company
  2. business, affairs

Italian

Etymology

English business.

Pronunciation

Noun

business m (invariable)

  1. business (commercial enterprise)

Synonyms

Tatar

Etymology

English business.

Noun

business

  1. business

Declension

    declension of business
Nominative business
Genitive businessnıñ
Dative businessga
Accusative businessnı
Locative businessda
Ablative businessdan

References

business dairäläre iğtibarın Tatarstan belän

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