business

1. A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it (synset 108077878)
   "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
   referred to in: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   associated with: shipping room - a room where goods are packaged and shipped
   is a type of: enterprise - an organization created for business ventures
   subtypes:

   • agency - a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties
   • brokerage - the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties
   • carrier, common carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
   • chain - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
   • business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
   • dealership, franchise - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
   • maker, manufacturer, manufacturing business - a business engaged in manufacturing some product
   • partnership - the members of a business venture created by contract
   • processor - a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
   • shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships
   • underperformer - a business that is less successful than expected
   member holonym: division - an administrative unit in government or business
   same as: business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern
2. The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects (synset 101096649)
   "computers are now widely used in business"
   associated with:

   • overcapitalisation, overcapitalization - (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)
   • operation - the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)
   • business - the volume of commercial activity
   • administration, disposal - a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
   • establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
   • gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
   • astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
   • celluloid, cinema, film - a medium that disseminates moving pictures
   • business people, businesspeople - people who transact business (especially business executives)
   • business, business sector - business concerns collectively
   • chain - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
   • business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
   • capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
   • copartner - a joint partner (as in a business enterprise)
   • bankroll, roll - a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
   • doldrums, stagnancy, stagnation - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)
   • privatise, privatize - change from governmental to private control or ownership
   • dull, slow, sluggish - (of business) not active or brisk
   • hostile - unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)
   • tangible - (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
   • intangible - (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
   is a type of: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
   subtypes:

   • tourism, touristry - the business of providing services to tourists
   • fishing - the occupation of catching fish for a living
   • butchering, butchery - the business of a butcher
   • storage - the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials
   • industry, manufacture - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
   • field, field of operation, line of business - a particular kind of commercial enterprise
   • employee-owned business, employee-owned enterprise - a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it
   • finance - the commercial activity of providing funds and capital
   • discount business - the business of selling merchandise at a discount
   • real-estate business - the business of selling real estate
   • advertising, publicizing - the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
   • publication, publishing - the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
   • printing - the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
   • packaging - the business of packing
   • agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm - a large-scale farming enterprise
   • building, construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
   • shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
   • venture - a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
   has: business activity, commercial activity - activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
   is a part of: market, market place, marketplace - the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
   same as: business enterprise, commercial enterprise
3. The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (synset 100583425)
   "he's not in my line of business"
   is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
   subtypes:

   • confectionery - the occupation and skills of a confectioner
   • sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
   • farming, land - agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life
   • biz, game - your occupation or line of work
   • calling, career, vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trained
   • employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid
   • appointment - the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed
   • berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot - a job in an organization
   • salt mine, treadmill - a job involving drudgery and confinement
   • craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation
   • profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
   • medium, metier - an occupation for which you are especially well suited
   • accountancy, accounting - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
   • photography - the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
   • catering - providing food and services
   same as: job, line, line of work, occupation
4. A rightful concern or responsibility (synset 105841346)
   "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
   is a type of: concern, headache, vexation, worry - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
5. An immediate objective (synset 105992686)
   "gossip was the main business of the evening"
   is a type of: aim, object, objective, target - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
   subtypes: occasions - something you have to do
6. The volume of commercial activity (synset 101098150)
   "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
   referred to in: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   is a type of: business activity, commercial activity - activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
   subtypes:

   • patronage, trade - the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
   • land-office business - very large and profitable volume of commercial activity
7. Business concerns collectively (synset 107983541)
   "Government and business could not agree"
   referred to in: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   associated with: incorporate - form a corporation
   is a type of: sector - a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
   subtypes: big business - commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies
   same as: business sector
8. Customers collectively (synset 108418511)
   "they have an upper class clientele"
   is a type of: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
   same as: clientele, patronage
9. Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect (synset 100551378)
   "his business with the cane was hilarious"
   is a type of: acting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a drama
   subtypes: schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik - (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention
   same as: byplay, stage business

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