big business
noun [U] (POPULAR)Definition
› something that makes a lot of money: Health clubs are big business these days.Business and commerce - general words
(Definition of big business noun (POPULAR) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Buying
- Buying & selling - general words
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- Enterprises
- Firing staff
- Industrial action
- Industrial relations
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Synonyms and related words:
- appointment noun (JOB)
- B2B
- B2C
- Bros. noun
- burn rate noun
- business before pleasure idiom
- clearing house noun
- dealings noun
- devolution noun
- devolve sth to sb phrasal verb
- fair trade noun
- fetch verb (SELL)
- mass market noun
- offshore adjective
- private adjective (NOT OFFICIAL)
- privately adverb (NOT OFFICIAL)
- restrictive trade practice noun
- see the colour of sb's money idiom
- sell-off noun
- tender noun (OFFER)
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