business
business is a 8-letter English word with 16 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.
- noun. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
- noun. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
- noun. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
- noun. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
- noun. The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
- noun. Care; anxiety; diligence.
- noun. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
"his business with the cane was hilarious"
- noun. the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
"he's not in my line of business"
- noun. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
"computers are now widely used in business"
- noun. the volume of commercial activity
"business is good today"
"show me where the business was today"
- noun. a rightful concern or responsibility
"it's none of your business"
"mind your own business"
- noun. an immediate objective
"gossip was the main business of the evening"
- noun. business concerns collectively
"Government and business could not agree"
- noun. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
"he bought his brother's business"
"a small mom-and-pop business"
- noun. customers collectively
"they have an upper class clientele"
Synonyms
byplay, job, line, occupation, concern, clientele, patronage
Common word forms
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