businesses

noun

(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.

(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.

(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.

(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.

(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

(countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.

(uncountable) Something involving one personally.

(countable) A particular situation or activity.

(uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.

(travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.

(Los Angeles, informal, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.

(slang, with the) Prostitution.

(slang, British, with the) Something very good; top quality.

(slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.

(slang) Disruptive shenanigans.

(Australian Aboriginal) Matters.

(acting, theater) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”). [(theater, idiomatic, term of art) Actions performed by an actor on stage done for dramatic effect; especially, action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene, with or without any dialogue.]

(countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.

adjective

Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.

Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.

Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

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