· 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(s): concern, business_concern, business_organization, business_organisation

Hypernym(s): enterprise

· the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

Synonym(s): commercial_enterprise, business_enterprise

Hypernym(s): commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

· the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

Synonym(s): occupation, job, line_of_work, line

Hypernym(s): activity

· a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"

Hypernym(s): concern, worry, headache, vexation

· an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"

Hypernym(s): aim, object, objective, target

· the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"

Hypernym(s): business_activity, commercial_activity

· business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"

Synonym(s): business_sector

Hypernym(s): sector

· customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"

Synonym(s): clientele, patronage

Hypernym(s): people

· incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"

Synonym(s): stage_business, byplay

Hypernym(s): acting, playing, playacting, performing