Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

big business

 
 
noun [U]

Definition

ACTIVITY an activity that makes a lot of money: Football has become big business.
COMPANY large, powerful businesses
(Definition of big business noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

“big business” in other dictionaries

Word of the Day

bogus

false, not real or not legal

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More