big business
Large, for-profit corporations collectively, understood as having significant…Large, for-profit corporations collectively, understood as having significant economic, political, or social influence.
» The movie industry became a big business.
Киноиндустрия стала большим бизнесом.
Meaning
2 senses(capitalized, sometimes, uncountable)Large, for-profit corporations collectively, understood as having significant economic, political, or social influence.
The man in the sandwich board was railing against big business and big government.
Big Business
большо́й би́знесbolʹšój bíznes
commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies
(uncountable)A large and vital economic sector.
In those days, cotton mills were big business around here, and so was tanning of hides.
Examples
15 sentencesThe movie industry became a big business.
ruКиноиндустрия стала большим бизнесом. — odexed
Baseball is big business.
Welcome to big business.
A clerk in the office is only a pawn in the game of big business.
My older brother got a position in a big business.
Translations
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Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable