Meaning

19 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (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

  4. (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.

  5. (uncountable)One's dealings; patronage.

    I shall take my business elsewhere.

  6. (uncountable)Private commercial interests taken collectively.

    This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.

    customers collectively

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

    I studied business at Harvard.

  8. (countable)A particular situation or activity.

    This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.

    де́лоdélo, заня́тиеzanjátije

  9. (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.

  10. (uncountable)Something involving one personally.

    That's none of your business.

    My work is no business of yours.

    Angelegenheit

    де́лоdélo

    ді́лоdílo, спра́ваspráva

  11. (uncountable)Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.

    If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.

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

Examples

2762 sentences
  1. That is no business of his.

    Це не його справа.

    ruЭто не его дело.

    deDas ist nicht seine Sache.

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  2. You'd better mind your own business.

    Краще не лізь не в свої справи.

    ruНе суй свой нос куда не надо!

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  3. 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.

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  4. He was called away on business.

    Його викликали у справах.

    ruЕго вызвали по делам.

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  5. 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.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
commercial enterprise or establishment:
commercial, industrial or professional activity:
something involving one personally:
Русский
By meaning 3
commercial enterprise or establishment:
occupation, work or trade of a person:
commercial, industrial or professional activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
commercial enterprise or establishment:
something involving one personally:

Origin

From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“busi

From 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: businesses

Synonyms

21 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

111 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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