Search results for 'business':

business noun 1 the buying and selling of goods and services. Also called commerce, trade. 2 a shop, firm or commercial company, etc. 3 a regular occupation, trade or profession. 4 the things that are one's proper or rightful concern • mind your own business. 5 serious work or activity • get down to business. 6 an affair or matter • a nasty business. 7 colloq a difficult or complicated problem; a bother or nuisance. 8 (the business) slang exactly what is required; the perfect thing or person, etc for the job. 9 commercial practice or policy • Prompt invoicing is good business. 10 economic or commercial dealings, activity, custom or contact • I have some business with his company. 11 the quantity or level of commercial activity • Business is very poor this quarter. 12 (also stage business) theat action on stage, as distinguished from dialogue. go out of business to be unable to continue functioning as a business; to fold or go bankrupt. make it one's business to do something to take a personal interest in or responsibility for doing it, or for seeing that it is done. on business said of a person: in the process of doing business or something official. send someone about their business to dismiss them or send them away abruptly.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon as bisignes meaning 'busyness', from bisig busy.