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Overview of noun business
1. concern, business concern, business organization -- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
2. commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
3. business sector -- business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
4. the volume of business activity: "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
5. a rightful concern or responsibility; used in such phrases as "it's none of your business" or "mind your own business"
6. occupation, line of work, line -- the principal activity in your life; "he's not in my line of business"
7. an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
8. stage byplay -- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
9. clientele, patronage, business -- customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
Overview of adj business
1. mercantile, business -- of or relating to or characteristic of trade or traders; "the mercantile North was forging ahead"- Van Wyck Brooks
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