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1.NounA specific commercial enterprise or establishment."I left my father's business."
2.NounA person's occupation, work, or trade."He is in the motor and insurance businesses.; I'm going to Las Vegas on business."
3.NounCommercial, industrial, or professional activity."He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!; We do business all over the world."
4.NounThe volume or amount of commercial trade."Business has been slow lately.; They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend."
5.NounOne's dealings; patronage."I shall take my business elsewhere."
6.NounPrivate commercial interests taken collectively."This proposal will satisfy both business and labor."
7.NounThe management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management."I studied business at Harvard."
8.NounA particular situation or activity."This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business."
9.NounAny activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter."Our principal business here is to get drunk.; Let's get down to business."
10.NounSomething involving one personally."That's none of your business.; My work is no business of yours."
11.NounMatters that come before a body for deliberation or action."If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business."
12.NounBusiness class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
13.NounEllipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
14.NounHollywood, the entertainment industry.
15.NounProstitution.
16.NounThe collective noun for a group of ferrets.
17.NounSomething very good; top quality."These new phones are the business!"
18.NounThe act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal."Your ferret left his business all over the floor.; As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business."
19.NounDisruptive shenanigans. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
20.NounMatters."sorry business"
21.AdjectiveOf, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes."Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone."
22.AdjectiveProfessional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
23.AdjectiveSupporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.