business enterprise

1. 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, commercial enterprise

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