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BUSINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
Example:
his business with the cane was hilarious
Synonyms:
business; byplay; stage business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
acting; performing; playacting; playing (the performance of a part or role in a drama)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
schtick; schtik; shtick; shtik ((Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Example:
he's not in my line of business
Synonyms:
business; job; line; line of work; occupation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
catering (providing food and services)
photography (the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies)
accountancy; accounting (the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business)
medium; metier (an occupation for which you are especially well suited)
profession (an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences))
craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)
salt mine; treadmill (a job involving drudgery and confinement)
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
appointment (the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed)
employment; work (the occupation for which you are paid)
calling; career; vocation (the particular occupation for which you are trained)
biz; game (your occupation or line of work)
farming; land (agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life)
sport (the occupation of athletes who compete for pay)
confectionery (the occupation and skills of a confectioner)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
Example:
computers are now widely used in business
Synonyms:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Meronyms (parts of "business"):
business activity; commercial activity (activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise)
Domain member category:
business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
copartner (a joint partner (as in a business enterprise))
bankroll; roll (a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.))
doldrums; stagnancy; stagnation (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc))
privatise; privatize (change from governmental to private control or ownership)
dull; slow; sluggish ((of business) not active or brisk)
intangible ((of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value)
tangible ((of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value)
hostile (unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business))
overcapitalisation; overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))
operation (the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.))
business (the volume of commercial activity)
administration; disposal (a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs))
establishment (a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence)
gambling den; gambling hell; gambling house; gaming house (a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business))
astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)
business people; businesspeople (people who transact business (especially business executives))
business; business sector (business concerns collectively)
chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
real-estate business (the business of selling real estate)
advertising; publicizing (the business of drawing public attention to goods and services)
publication; publishing (the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution)
printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)
packaging (the business of packing)
agribusiness; agriculture; factory farm (a large-scale farming enterprise)
building; construction (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones)
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
venture (a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit)
discount business (the business of selling merchandise at a discount)
finance (the commercial activity of providing funds and capital)
employee-owned business; employee-owned enterprise (a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it)
field; field of operation; line of business (a particular kind of commercial enterprise)
industry; manufacture (the organized action of making of goods and services for sale)
storage (the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials)
butchering; butchery (the business of a butcher)
fishing (the occupation of catching fish for a living)
tourism; touristry (the business of providing services to tourists)
Holonyms ("business" is a part of...):
market; market place; marketplace (the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The volume of commercial activity
Example:
show me where the business was today
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
business activity; commercial activity (activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
patronage; trade (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers)
land-office business (very large and profitable volume of commercial activity)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A rightful concern or responsibility
Example:
mind your own business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
concern; headache; vexation; worry (something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An immediate objective
Example:
gossip was the main business of the evening
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
aim; object; objective; target (the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
occasions (something you have to do)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Business concerns collectively
Example:
Government and business could not agree
Synonyms:
business; business sector
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
sector (a social group that forms part of the society or the economy)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Domain member category:
incorporate (form a corporation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
big business (commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Example:
a racially integrated business concern
Synonyms:
business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
enterprise (an organization created for business ventures)
Meronyms (members of "business"):
division (an administrative unit in government or business)
Domain category:
business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
Domain member category:
shipping room (a room where goods are packaged and shipped)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business"):
agency (a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties)
brokerage (the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties)
carrier; common carrier (a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages)
chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)
business firm; firm; house (the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments)
dealership; franchise (a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area)
maker; manufacturer; manufacturing business (a business engaged in manufacturing some product)
partnership (the members of a business venture created by contract)
processor (a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market)
shipbuilder (a business that builds and repairs ships)
underperformer (a business that is less successful than expected)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Customers collectively
Example:
they have an upper class clientele
Synonyms:
business; clientele; patronage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("business" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Context examples:
"Ay," they nodded gravely. But I have no time. My business is hunting, and it takes all my time.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The laugh's on my side; I've had the top of this business from the first; I no more fear you than I fear a fly.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
On this night however, as soon as the cloth was taken away, he took up a candle and went into his business room.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A list of goods and materials, or those goods and materials themselves, held available for use by a business.
(Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)
A business structure used in Europe and Canada, in which shareholder responsibility for company debt is limited to the amount he/she has invested in the company.
(Limited Company, NCI Thesaurus)
A short or long-term association between two or more people, including kinship relations, romantic, business, and social interactions.
(Interpersonal Relationship, NCI Thesaurus)
The Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) supports a variety of investigator-initiated research grants from academic institutions, research institutes, and small businesses.
(Grant Opportunities, DCB, NCI Thesaurus)
An association of two or more peoplecarrying on a business with the goal of earning a profit.
(General Partnership, NCI Thesaurus)
Of or relating to the activity or business by which a person earns income.
(Occupational, NCI Thesaurus)
