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Noun
S:
(n)
business (business%1:14:00::)
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concern (concern%1:14:00::)
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business concern (business_concern%1:14:00::)
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business organization (business_organization%1:14:00::)
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business organisation (business_organisation%1:14:00::)
(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)
commercial enterprise (commercial_enterprise%1:04:00::)
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business enterprise (business_enterprise%1:04:00::)
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business (business%1:04:01::)
(the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)
"computers are now widely used in business"
S:
(n)
occupation (occupation%1:04:00::)
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business (business%1:04:00::)
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job (job%1:04:00::)
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line of work (line_of_work%1:04:00::)
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line (line%1:04:00::)
(the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)
"he's not in my line of business"
S:
(n)
business (business%1:09:01::)
(a rightful concern or responsibility)
"it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
S:
(n)
business (business%1:09:00::)
(an immediate objective)
"gossip was the main business of the evening"
S:
(n)
business (business%1:04:02::)
(the volume of commercial activity)
"business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
S:
(n)
business (business%1:14:02::)
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business sector (business_sector%1:14:00::)
(business concerns collectively)
"Government and business could not agree"
S:
(n)
clientele (clientele%1:14:00::)
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patronage (patronage%1:14:00::)
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business (business%1:14:01::)
(customers collectively)
"they have an upper class clientele"
S:
(n)
business (business%1:04:03::)
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stage business (stage_business%1:04:00::)
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byplay (byplay%1:04:00::)
(incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect)
"his business with the cane was hilarious"