business
A specific commercial enterprise or establishmentA specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
» That is no business of his.
Das ist nicht seine Sache.
Das geht ihn nichts an.
Это не его дело.
Это его не касается.
Це не його справа.
Meaning
19 senses(countable)A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
I left my father's business.
Geschäft, Unternehmen, Firma
предприя́тиеpredprijátije, би́знесbíznɛs, компа́нияkompánija
підприє́мствоpidpryjémstvo, бі́знесbíznes, фі́рмаfírma
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
(countable)A person's occupation, work, or trade.
He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
Geschäft
заня́тиеzanjátije, рабо́таrabóta
(uncountable)Commercial, 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.
Geschäft
би́знесbíznɛs, де́лоdélo
бізнесbiznes
the volume of commercial activity
(uncountable)The volume or amount of commercial trade.
Business has been slow lately.
They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
(uncountable)One's dealings; patronage.
I shall take my business elsewhere.
(uncountable)Private commercial interests taken collectively.
This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
customers collectively
(uncountable)The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
I studied business at Harvard.
(countable)A particular situation or activity.
This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
де́лоdélo, заня́тиеzanjátije
(countable)Any 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.
(uncountable)Something involving one personally.
That's none of your business.
My work is no business of yours.
Angelegenheit
де́лоdélo
ді́лоdílo, спра́ваspráva
(uncountable)Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
(uncountable)Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
Examples
2762 sentencesThat is no business of his.
Це не його справа.
ruЭто не его дело.
deDas ist nicht seine Sache.
You'd better mind your own business.
Краще не лізь не в свої справи.
ruНе суй свой нос куда не надо!
He often goes abroad on business.
Він часто їздить за кордон у справах.
ruОн часто ездит за границу по работе.
deEr ist oft auf Geschäftsreise im Ausland.
He was called away on business.
Його викликали у справах.
ruЕго вызвали по делам.
You should mind your own business.
Не лізь не в свою справу.
ruНе суй свой нос куда не надо!
deDu solltest dich an deine eigene Nase fassen.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“busiFrom Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"
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Forms
plural: businessesSynonyms
21 synonyms- incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect:stage businessbyplay
- business concerns collectively:business sector
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it:concernbusiness concernbusiness organizationbusiness organisation
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money:occupationjobline of workline
- the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects:commercial enterprisebusiness enterprise
- customers collectively:clientelepatronage
Word family
111 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- own business
- some unfinished business
- your own business
- a business trip
- unfinished business
- on business next
- his own business
- business trip
- of your business
- of my business
- business next week
- my own business