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- pronunciation:
- bIz
nihs
- phrases:
- mean business
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the activity of buying and selling goods or services.
He decided to go into business instead of becoming a teacher. |
| definition 2: |
a company, store, or other organization that buys and sells goods or services in order to make money.
She owns two businesses: a card shop and a restaurant.- synonyms:
- company, establishment, firm, industry, office, shop, store
- similar words:
- agency, corporation, enterprise, partnership, team
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| definition 3: |
the field or area in which a person works.
What business are you in?- synonyms:
- career, employment, job, occupation, position, profession, vocation, work
- similar words:
- craft, livelihood, living, pursuit, task
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| definition 4: |
the buying and selling activities of a company or other commercial institution, or the dealings that customers engage in with an institution.
Their company does a lot of business with foreign companies.My mom likes doing business at her bank because they treat her like an important customer. |
| definition 5: |
a duty or matter that appropriately concerns one particular person and no one else.
It's my business to see that the work gets done.- synonyms:
- affair, problem, province, question, responsibility
- similar words:
- case, concern, duty, function, issue, obligation, task
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| definition 6: |
a particular matter, process, or event.
His disappearance was a strange business.- synonyms:
- affair, circumstance, event, happening, matter, occurrence, process, situation
- similar words:
- case, concern, issue, question, thing
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| related words: |
affair, career, deal, economy, employer, firm, market, part, trade, transaction, work |
| phrase: |
mean business |
Word Builder: business +
- businessman:
a man who works in business.
- businesswoman:
a woman who works in business.
- businessperson:
a person who works in business.
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broader category that includes business |
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economy |
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similar to business |
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commerce, company, enterprise, firm |
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some actions of a business |
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advertise, bargain, bill, credit, employ, fire, guarantee, hire, incorporate, lease, manage, manufacture, market, negotiate, order, patent, pay, price, purchase, stock |
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some descriptions of businesses |
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commercial, industrial, productive, professional, profitable, retail |
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some kinds of businesses |
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cooperative, corporation, partnership |
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some negative actions of businesses |
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rip off, swindle |
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some parts of a business |
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accounting, administration, distribution, engineering, manufacturing, research, sales, service, shipping |
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some people associated with businesses |
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accountant, boss, businessman, businesswoman, cashier, clerk, client, consumer, customer, dealer, director, employee, employer, executive, investor, manager, merchant, salesperson, secretary, staff, trader, tycoon |
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some places associated with business |
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bazaar, building, mall, office, outlet, plaza, shop, shopping center, stall, store, trading post, warehouse |
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some things used in businesses |
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computers, desks, files, machines, packaging, software, tools |
The word business
contains the following part:
-ness
Old English
noun-forming suffix
that means state or quality of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ness
is attached to adjectives to form nouns. It is fully productive, meaning that any word that combines an adjective and the suffix -ness
is an allowable English noun. In a small set of cases, it is attached to a verb (forgiveness) or a noun (witness
).
Example words:
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