Noun

• S: (n) commercial enterprise (an enterprise connected with commerce)
• S: (n) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects) "computers are now widely used in business"
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• S: (adj) dull, slow, sluggish ((of business) not active or brisk) "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"
• S: (adj) hostile (unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)) "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
• S: (adj) tangible ((of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value) "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery"
• S: (adj) intangible ((of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value) "intangible assets such as good will"
• S: (n) overcapitalization, overcapitalisation ((business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants))
• S: (n) operation (the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)) "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"
• S: (n) business (the volume of commercial activity) "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
• S: (n) administration, disposal (a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs))
• S: (n) establishment (a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence)
• S: (n) gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house (a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business))
• S: (n) shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
• S: (n) film, cinema, celluloid (a medium that disseminates moving pictures) "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
• S: (n) business people, businesspeople (people who transact business (especially business executives))
• S: (n) business, business sector (business concerns collectively) "Government and business could not agree"
• S: (n) chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)
• S: (n) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation (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"
• S: (n) capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
• S: (n) copartner (a joint partner (as in a business enterprise))
• S: (n) bankroll, roll (a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)) "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag"
• S: (n) stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums (a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)) "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
• S: (v) privatize, privatise (change from governmental to private control or ownership) "The oil industry was privatized"
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