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businessnoun transactions or economic support provided by customersonly places that are equal opportunity employers will get my business custom, patronage marketplace, trade, trafficfree tradeaffairs, dealings, horse-tradingmerchandising, retailing, wholesaling a commercial or industrial activity or organizationmost of the local businesses belong to the association company, concern, enterprise, establishment, firm, house, interest, outfit conglomerate, corporation, multinationalassociation, cartel, chain, combine, syndicate, trustagency, dealer, outletmicroenterprise something to be dealt withwe have one piece of business remaining for today's meeting affair, matter, thing consideration, issue, problemcrisis, crossroad(s), crunch, emergency, exigency, flash point, head, juncture, strait, zero hourconcern, trouble, worrycare, lookout, responsibilitydeadlock, halt, impasse, stalemate, standstillcorner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, pickle, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot ball of wax the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different placesthis bookstore is a place of business, not a free library, so please do your reading elsewhere the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing existsplants going about the business of photosynthesis provide the Earth with a renewable source of oxygen capacity, function, job, part, place, position, purpose, role(also rôle), task, work affair, concern, hand, involvement, participationniche, office, post, situationcalling, occupation, pursuit, vocationactivity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use a region of activity, knowledge, or influenceif you want a medical malpractice lawyer, he's the best in the business area, arena, bailiwick, barony, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, province, realm, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk frontierstudy, subjectterritory, turfoccupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocationambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, confine, dimension(s), extent, ken, reach, scope, sweep, widthsubfield, subspecialty a specific task with which a person or group is chargedthe interrogators demanded to know what business the suspect had in the restricted area at that time of night assignment, brief, charge, detail, job, mission, operation, post burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibilityerrand, labor, workcommitment, pledge, promiseappointment, commission, designation, nominationcompulsion, constraint, restraint the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of anotherthe price for giving the drug lord the business was certain death backstabbing, betrayal, disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, sellout, treachery, treason, two-timing, unfaithfulness abandonment, desertiondeceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, two-facednessfraud, informing, lying, snitching, talebearing, trickery allegiance, devotion, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, staunchness, steadfastness dependability, reliability, trustworthinessdefense, protection, safeguard, shield business, commerce, trade, industry, traffic mean activity concerned with the supplying and distribution of commodities.business may be an inclusive term but specifically designates the activities of those engaged in the purchase or sale of commodities or in related financial transactions.commerce and trade imply the exchange and transportation of commodities.industry applies to the producing of commodities, especially by manufacturing or processing, usually on a large scale.traffic applies to the operation and functioning of public carriers of goods and persons.Cf. work. in the 14th century |