1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• occupation ,
• business ,
• job ,
• line_of_work ,
• line

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

4. (

• business ,

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

5. (

• business

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

6. (

• business ,

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

7. (

• business ,
• business_sector

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

8. (

• clientele ,
• patronage ,
• business ,

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

9. (

• business ,
• stage_business ,
• byplay

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