wikipedia|dab=business (disambiguation)|business
English

rank|lost|human|kept|382|business|mean|manner|following

Etymology
wikipedia
suffix|busy|ness

Pronunciation
IPA|/�bɪzn�s/, SAMPA|/"bIzn@s/
audio|en-us-business.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: busi·ness

Noun
en-noun|es|-

1. countable a person's occupation, work, or trade

#: He is in the motor business.

1. uncountable commercial, industrial, or professional dealings

#: He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!

1. countable context|business a specific commercial enterprise or establishment

#: I was left my father's business.

1. uncountable volume or amount of commercial trade

#: Business has been slow lately.

1. uncountable commercial dealings; patronage

#: I shall take my business elsewhere.

1. uncountable something involving one personally

#: That's none of your business.

1. uncountable serious work or endeavour

#: Let's get down to business.

1. uncountable context|slang|UK something very good, top quality (possibly from the bee's knees)

#: the business

1. countable The collective noun for a group of ferrets.

Derived terms
get down to business
out of business

Translations
trans-top|occupation of a person
Arabic: ARchar|ع�� IPAchar|(�ámal), ARchar|تجارة IPAchar|(tajára), ARchar|�شر�ع IPAchar|(mašrú�)
Catalan: negoci m
Chinese: �� (sh�ng yè)
Czech: obchod
Finnish: ammatti, työ
French: affaire
Dutch: zaken f|p, zakenleven n
Estonian: äri
Hebrew: עסק�� ('asaqym) m|p
Hungarian: üzlet
Indonesian: bisnis, urus|urusan
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Interlingua: negotios p, affaires p
Japanese: ���� (bijinesu), 業� (����, gy�mu), �売 (�����, sh�bai)
Maltese: negozjant m, negozjanta f
Polish: zaj�cie n
Portuguese: negócios m|p
Telugu: వ�యాపారమ�
Thai: THchar|���า� (gong gaang)
Spanish: negocio m
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trans-top|professional dealings
Dutch: vak n
Finnish: liiketoiminta
Maltese: negozju
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Polish: biznes m
Swahili: biashara
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trans-top|establishment
Czech: podnik m
Dutch: bedrijf n
Finnish: liike, yritys
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Hebrew: עסק ('eseq) m
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trans-top|volume of trade
Dutch: zaken f|p
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Japanese: �� (keiki)
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trans-top|patronage
Dutch: klandizie f
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trans-top|something involving one personally
Czech: záležitost f, v�c f
Dutch: zaken f|p
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trans-top|serious work
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trans-top|(slang) the bee's knees
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See also
Appendix: Animals
Appendix:Collective nouns

Category:1000 English basic words

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Etymology
Late loanword from English.

Noun
business

1. business#English|business

Declension
tt-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
business dairäläre iğtibarın Tatarstan belän

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