businesses

n. commerce, trade; matter; movements and gestures by actors in a play

For other uses, see business (disambiguation) or The Business In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. In predominantly capitalist economies, where most businesses are privately owned, businesses are typically formed to earn profit and grow the personal wealth of their owners. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for their work and their acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions to this rule include cooperative businesses and government institutions. This model of business functioning is contrasted with socialistic systems, which involve either government, public, or worker ownership of most sizable businesses.
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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"
(synonym) concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
(hypernym) enterprise
(hyponym) agency
(member-meronym) division
(classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise
(class) shipping room
2. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
(synonym) commercial enterprise, business enterprise
(hypernym) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
(hyponym) tourism, touristry
(part-holonym) market, marketplace
(part-meronym) business activity, commercial activity
(class) dull, slow, sluggish
3. business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
(synonym) business sector
(hypernym) sector
(hyponym) big business
(classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise
(class) incorporate
4. the volume of business activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
(hypernym) business activity, commercial activity
(hyponym) trade, patronage
(classification) commercial enterprise, business enterprise
5. a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
(hypernym) concern, worry, headache, vexation
6. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
(synonym) occupation, job, line of work, line
(hypernym) activity
(hyponym) sport
7. an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
(hypernym) aim, object, objective, target
(hyponym) occasions
8. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
(synonym) stage business, byplay
(hypernym) acting, playing, playacting, performing
(hyponym) shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
9. customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
(synonym) clientele, patronage
(hypernym) people