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BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 enterprise" is a kind of...):
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Meronyms (parts of "business enterprise"):
business activity; commercial activity (activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise)
Domain member category:
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))
copartner (a joint partner (as in a business enterprise))
capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
business; business concern; business organisation; business organization; concern (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it)
privatise; privatize (change from governmental to private control or ownership)
dull; slow; sluggish ((of business) not active or brisk)
hostile (unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business))
tangible ((of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value)
intangible ((of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value)
chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)
business; business sector (business concerns collectively)
business people; businesspeople (people who transact business (especially business executives))
celluloid; cinema; film (a medium that disseminates moving pictures)
astuteness; perspicaciousness; perspicacity; shrewdness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
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))
establishment (a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence)
administration; disposal (a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs))
business (the volume of commercial activity)
operation (the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.))
overcapitalisation; overcapitalization ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business enterprise"):
venture (a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit)
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
building; construction (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones)
agribusiness; agriculture; factory farm (a large-scale farming enterprise)
packaging (the business of packing)
printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)
publication; publishing (the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution)
advertising; publicizing (the business of drawing public attention to goods and services)
real-estate business (the business of selling real estate)
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 enterprise" is a part of...):
market; market place; marketplace (the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold)
