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Business - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Business : (noun)
1: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who
constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a
small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated
business concern" [syn: concern, business concern, business
organization, business organisation]
2: the activity of providing goods and services involving
financial and commercial and industrial aspects;
"computers are now widely used in business" [syn: commercial
enterprise, business enterprise]
3: business concerns collectively; "Government and business
could not agree" [syn: business sector]
4: the volume of business activity; "business is good today";
"show me where the business was today"
5: a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your
business"; "mind your own business"
6: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation,
job, line of work, line]
7: an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the
evening"
8: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic
effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn: stage
business, byplay]
9: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Business : \Busi"ness\, n.; pl. Businesses. [Based on Busy.]
1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time,
attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern
or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time;
constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business
of life; business before pleasure.
Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's
business? --Luke ii. 49.
2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for
livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a
profession. ``The business of instruction.'' --Prescott.
3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in
general; mercantile transactions.
It seldom happens that men of a studious turn
acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge
of business. --Bp. Popteus.
4. That which one has to do or should do; special service,
duty, or mission.
The daughter of the King of France, On serious
business, craving quick despatch, Importunes
personal conference. --Shak.
What business has the tortoise among the clouds?
--L'Estrange.
5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense,
and modified by the connected words.
It was a gentle business, and becoming The action of
good women. --Shak.
Bestow Your needful counsel to our business. --Shak.
6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons
and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by
the stage manager in rehearsal.
7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] --Wycherley.
To make (a thing) one's business, to occupy one's self with
a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.]
To mean business, to be earnest. [Colloq.]
Syn: Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement;
employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession;
vocation; office; duty.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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