business
noun (SELLING) /ˈbɪz.nɪs/Definition
A1 [U] the activity of buying and selling goods and services: My brother's in business. He's in the frozen food business. Our firm does a lot of business with overseas customers. Eventually they found a consultant they felt they could do business with (= with whom they could work well). Currently, there are fewer firms in business (= operating) in the area than ever before. This new tax will put a lot of small firms out of business (= they will stop operating). She set up in business (= started her own company) as a management consultant.Buying and selling in general
(Definition of business noun (SELLING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- barter noun
- barter verb
- black market noun
- channel noun (MAKING AVAILABLE)
- cold-calling noun
- come/go under the hammer idiom
- high street noun
- hock noun (MONEY)
- market share noun
- pawn noun (MONEY)
- pawn verb
- pay verb (BUY)
- procurement noun
- the bottom drops/falls out of the market idiom
- trade noun (BUYING AND SELLING)
- trade route noun
- trade verb (BUY AND SELL)
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