business, n.
(businesses)
freq. cnt. 101
(businesses)
freq. cnt. 101
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 52 freq. cnt.: 35 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
business business concern business organisation business organization concern
sample sentences
"he bought his brother's business""a small mom-and-pop business"
"a racially integrated business concern"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
member of this domain (topic)
hypernym
hyponym
agency
brokerage
carrier, common carrier
chain
firm, house, business firm
franchise, dealership
manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business
partnership
processor
shipbuilder
underperformer
member meronym
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 1
business business enterprise commercial enterprise
sample sentences
"computers are now widely used in business"
semantic pointers
member of this domain (topic)
dull, slow, sluggish
hostile
tangible
intangible
overcapitalization, overcapitalisation
operation
business
administration, disposal
establishment
gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house
shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
film, cinema, celluloid
business people, businesspeople
business, business sector
chain
business, business concern, concern, business organization, business organisation
capitalist
copartner
bankroll, roll
stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums
privatize, privatise
hyponym
tourism, touristry
fishing
butchery, butchering
storage
industry, manufacture
field, field of operation, line of business
employee-owned enterprise, employee-owned business
finance
discount business
real-estate business
advertising, publicizing
publishing, publication
printing
packaging
agriculture, agribusiness, factory farm
building, construction
shipping, transport, transportation
venture
hypernym
part holonym
part meronym
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 99 freq. cnt.: 76 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
business job line line of work occupation
sample sentences
"he's not in my line of business"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
a rightful concern or responsibility
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12
business
sample sentences
"it's none of your business""mind your own business"
semantic pointers
hypernym
an immediate objective
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
business
sample sentences
"gossip was the main business of the evening"
the volume of commercial activity
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
business
sample sentences
"business is good today""show me where the business was today"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
hyponym
business concerns collectively
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
business business sector
sample sentences
"Government and business could not agree"
semantic pointers
domain of synset (topic)
hypernym
hyponym
member of this domain (topic)
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
<noun.act>
business byplay stage business
sample sentences
"his business with the cane was hilarious"
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
customers collectively
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
business clientele patronage