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business
an occupation or trade; a concern: That’s none of your business.; commerce, company: My business is doing very well.
Not to be confused with:
busyness – occupied with meaningless activity; the quality of being busy: Sometimes I get tired of all this busyness.
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busi·ness
(bĭz′nĭs)n.
1. The activity of buying and selling commodities, products, or services: new systems now being used in business.
2. The amount or volume of this activity: Business was off all day.
3.
a. The variety of this activity in which a person is engaged: the wholesale food business.
b. A specific occupation or pursuit: the best designer in the business.
4. A commercial enterprise or establishment: bought his uncle's construction business.
5. Commercial dealings; patronage: took her business to a trustworthy salesperson.
6.
a. One's rightful or proper concern or interest: "The business of America is business" (Calvin Coolidge).
b. Something involving one personally: It's none of my business.
7. Serious work or endeavor: got right down to business.
8. An affair or matter: "We will proceed no further in this business" (Shakespeare).
9. An incidental action performed by an actor on the stage to fill a pause between lines or to provide interesting detail.
10. Informal Strong verbal criticism; scolding: gave me the business for being late.
11. Informal Urination or defecation: The dog did its business on the lawn.
12. Obsolete The condition of being busy.
Synonyms: business, industry, commerce, trade, traffic
These nouns apply to forms of activity that have the objective of supplying products or services for a fee. Business pertains broadly to commercial, financial, and industrial activity, and more narrowly to specific fields or firms engaging in this activity: a company that does business over the internet; went into the software consulting business; owns a dry-cleaning business. Industry entails the production and manufacture of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale: the computer industry. Commerce and trade refer to the exchange and distribution of goods or commodities: laws regulating interstate commerce; involved in the domestic fur trade. Traffic pertains in particular to businesses engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers: renovated the docks to attract shipping traffic. The word may also suggest illegal trade: discovered a brisk traffic in stolen goods.
These nouns apply to forms of activity that have the objective of supplying products or services for a fee. Business pertains broadly to commercial, financial, and industrial activity, and more narrowly to specific fields or firms engaging in this activity: a company that does business over the internet; went into the software consulting business; owns a dry-cleaning business. Industry entails the production and manufacture of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale: the computer industry. Commerce and trade refer to the exchange and distribution of goods or commodities: laws regulating interstate commerce; involved in the domestic fur trade. Traffic pertains in particular to businesses engaged in the transportation of goods or passengers: renovated the docks to attract shipping traffic. The word may also suggest illegal trade: discovered a brisk traffic in stolen goods.
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business
(ˈbɪznɪs)n
1. a trade or profession
2. (Commerce) an industrial, commercial, or professional operation; purchase and sale of goods and services: the tailoring business.
3. (Commerce) a commercial or industrial establishment, such as a firm or factory
4. (Commerce) commercial activity; dealings (esp in the phrase do business)
5. (Commerce) volume or quantity of commercial activity: business is poor today.
6. (Commerce) commercial policy or procedure: overcharging is bad business.
7. proper or rightful concern or responsibility (often in the phrase mind one's own business)
8. a special task; assignment
9. a matter or matters to be attended to: the business of the meeting.
10. an affair; matter: a queer business; I'm tired of the whole business.
11. serious work or activity: get down to business.
12. a complicated affair; rigmarole
13. informal a vaguely defined collection or area: jets, fast cars, and all that business.
14. (Theatre) theatre Also called: stage business an incidental action, such as lighting a pipe, performed by an actor for dramatic effect
15. (Zoology) a group of ferrets
16. euphemistic defecation (esp in the phrase do one's business)
17. slang prostitution
18. like nobody's business informal extremely well or fast
19. mean business to be in earnest
20. do the business informal to achieve what is required: it tastes vile, but it does the business.
[Old English bisignis solicitude, attentiveness, from bisig busy + -nis -ness]
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busi•ness
(ˈbɪz nɪs)n.
1. an occupation, profession, or trade.
2. the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit.
3. a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service.
4. volume of trade; patronage or custom.
5. a store, office, factory, etc., where commerce is carried on.
6. that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business.
7. something with which a person is rightfully concerned: Their decision is none of my business.
8. affair; project: fed up with the whole business.
9. the business,
a. harsh or duplicitous treatment.
b. a severe scolding: to give someone the business.
10. Also called stage business. a movement or gesture used by an actor to create an effect.
11. excrement: used as a euphemism.
adj. 12. of or pertaining to business or its procedures.
13. suitable for or conducive to doing business.
Idioms: 1. get down to business, to apply oneself to serious matters; concentrate on work.
2. mean business, to be in earnest; be entirely serious.
3. mind one's own business, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others.
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Business
of flies; flies collectively.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Business
See Also: ADVERTISING, SUCCESS/FAILURE
- As oxygen is the disintegrating principle of life, working night and day to dissolve, separate, pull apart and dissipate, so there is something in business that continually tends to scatter, destroy and shift possession from this man to that. A million mice nibble eternally at every business venture —Elbert Hubbard
- Business is like a man rowing a boat upstream. He has no choice; he must go ahead or he will go back —Lewis E. Pierson
- Business is like oil. It won’t mix with anything but business —J. Grahame
- Business … is very much like religion: it is founded on faith —William McFee
- Business policy flows downhill from the mountain, like water —Anon
- A business without customers is like a computer without bytes —Anon
As the entries that follow show, this concept lends itself to many additional twists.
- A business without customers is like a stage without light —Anon
- A business without orders is like a room without windows —Anon
- Buying and selling like a Rockefeller —Arthur A. Cohen
- A corporation is just like any natural person, except that it has no pants to kick or soul to damn —Ernst and Lindley
Playwrights Ernst and Lindley wrote this simile to be spoken by a judge in their 1930’s play Hold Your Tongue.
- Corporate politics is like the days of Andrew Jackson, the spoils system —Rita Mae Brown
See Also: POLITICS
- Customers drop away like tenpins —Anon
- Inventory that just sits there like it’s nailed to the floor —Anthony E. Stockanes
- Nowadays almost every business is like show business, including politics, which has become more like show business than show business is —Russell Baker
See Also: POLITICS
- Orders fell like stones —Anon
- (Being in the microcomputer business is) risky, like going 55 miles an hour three feet from a cliff. If you make the wrong turn you’re bankrupt so fast you don’t know what hit you —George Morrow, quoted in New York Times, March 11, 1986 when his company went bankrupt
See Also: DANGER
- Some businesses are like desert flowers. They bloom overnight, and they’re gone —George Morrow, quoted New York Times, March 11, 1986
The first two words are transposed from “Computer companies” to generalize the comparison.
See Also: BEGINNINGS/ENDINGS
- The tide of business, like the running stream, is sometimes high and sometimes low, a quiet ebb, or a tempestuous flow, and always in extreme —John Dryden
- Tradespeople are just like gardeners. They take advantage of your not knowing —Agatha Christie
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business
1. used as an uncountable noun
Business is the work of making, buying, and selling goods or services.
Are you in San Francisco for business or pleasure?
Be Careful!
When you use business in this sense, don't say 'a business'. Don't say, for example, 'We've got a business to do'. You say 'We've got some business to do'.
We may do some business with one of the major software companies in the United States.
We've still got some business to do. Do you mind waiting?
You can talk about a particular area of business using the followed by a noun followed by business.
Cindy works in the music business.
My brother is in the restaurant business.
2. used as a countable noun
A business is a company, shop, or organization that makes and sells goods or provides a service.
He set up a small travel business.
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| Noun | 1. |  business - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" shipping room - a room where goods are packaged and shipped enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" agency - a business that serves other businesses brokerage - the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties common carrier, carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages chain - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" dealership, franchise - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area partnership - the members of a business venture created by contract processor - a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships underperformer - a business that is less successful than expected division - an administrative unit in government or business |
| 2. |  business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"overcapitalisation, overcapitalization - (business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) tourism, touristry - the business of providing services to tourists; "Tourism is a major business in Bermuda" operation - the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.); "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride" fishing - the occupation of catching fish for a living butchering, butchery - the business of a butcher storage - the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) business activity, commercial activity - activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise business - the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" field of operation, line of business, field - a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "they are outstanding in their field" market, marketplace, market place - the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" employee-owned business, employee-owned enterprise - a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it finance - the commercial activity of providing funds and capital discount business - the business of selling merchandise at a discount real-estate business - the business of selling real estate publicizing, advertising - the business of drawing public attention to goods and services publishing, publication - the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution printing - the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution packaging - the business of packing; "his business is packaging for transport" building, construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" venture - a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit administration, disposal - a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) establishment - a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) cinema, film, celluloid - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" business people, businesspeople - people who transact business (especially business executives) business sector, business - business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" chain - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern - a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) copartner - a joint partner (as in a business enterprise) player - an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation" bankroll, roll - a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.); "he shot his roll on a bob-tailed nag" doldrums, stagnation, stagnancy - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" | |
| 3. |  business - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" confectionery - the occupation and skills of a confectioner sport - the occupation of athletes who compete for pay farming, land - agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more" employment, work - the occupation for which you are paid; "he is looking for employment"; "a lot of people are out of work" appointment - the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed; "he applied for an appointment in the treasury" berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences) metier, medium - an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier" accountancy, accounting - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business photography - the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies catering - providing food and services | |
| 4. | business - a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" | |
| 5. | business - an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening" objective, aim, object, target - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" occasions - something you have to do; "he minded his own specialized occasions" | |
| 6. | business - the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" business activity, commercial activity - activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise trade, patronage - the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage" land-office business - very large and profitable volume of commercial activity | |
| 7. | business - business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" sector - a social group that forms part of the society or the economy; "the public sector" big business - commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies; "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively" incorporate - form a corporation | |
| 8. | business - customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" | |
| 9. |  business - incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" |
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business
noun
1. trade, selling, trading, industry, manufacturing, commerce, dealings, merchandising young people seeking a career in business
2. establishment, company, firm, concern, organization, corporation, venture, enterprise The company was a family business.
3. profession, work, calling, job, line, trade, career, function, employment, craft, occupation, pursuit, vocation, métier May I ask what business you are in?
mean business be serious, be determined, be resolute, be set on something Now people are starting to realise that he means business.
Quotations
"Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
"The business of America is business" [Calvin Coolidge Address to the Society of Newspaper Editors]
"Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method" [Lord Chesterfield Letters to His Son]
"Here's the rule for bargains: `Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept" [Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit]
"Boldness in business is the first, second, and third thing" [Thomas Fuller Gnomologia]
"The business of America is business" [Calvin Coolidge Address to the Society of Newspaper Editors]
"Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to Dispatch than Method" [Lord Chesterfield Letters to His Son]
"Here's the rule for bargains: `Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept" [Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit]
Proverbs
"business before pleasure"
"business before pleasure"
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business
noun1. Activity pursued as a livelihood:
art, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work.
Slang: racket.
Archaic: employ.
2. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general:
3. A commercial organization:
Informal: outfit.
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Translations
أَعْمال تـِجارِيَّةتِجارَه، مُؤَسّّسَةٌ تِجارِيَّه، دُكّانشَأْن، مُهِمَّه، اهْتِماممِهْنَةٌ، وَظيفَه، عَمَل
obchodobchodovánípodnikpodnikánípovinnost
arbejdefirmaforretningforretningeropgave
liiketoiminta
posao
fyrirtækimál, málefnistarf; verslun, viîskipti
ビジネス
사업
biznieriusdalykiškasfirmakomercinė veiklakomersantas
biznessdarīšanafirmalietanodarbošanās
obchodovanie
podjetjeposelposlovno
affärer
ธุรกิจ
việc kinh doanh
business
[ˈbɪznɪs]A. N
1. (= commerce) → negocios mpl, comercio m
business is good at the moment → el negocio va bien por el momento
business is business → los negocios son los negocios
business as usual (= general slogan) → aquí no ha pasado nada; (= notice outside shop) → "seguimos atendiendo al público durante las reformas"
business before pleasure → primero es la obligación que la devoción
to carry on business as → tener un negocio de
to do business with → negociar con
he's in business → se dedica al comercio
he's in business in London → trabaja en una empresa comercial de Londres
he's in the selling business → se dedica al comercio
now we're in business → ya caminamos
if we can find a car we're in business → si encontramos un coche empezamos a rodar
to go into business → dedicarse al comercio
the shop is losing business → la tienda está perdiendo clientela
he means business → habla en serio
I'm here on business → estoy (en viaje) de negocios
to go abroad on business → ir al extranjero en viaje de negocios
to go out of business → quebrar
to put sb out of business → hacer que algn quiebre
to set up in business as → montar un negocio de
to set sb up in business → montar un negocio a algn
to get down to business → ir al grano
business is good at the moment → el negocio va bien por el momento
business is business → los negocios son los negocios
business as usual (= general slogan) → aquí no ha pasado nada; (= notice outside shop) → "seguimos atendiendo al público durante las reformas"
business before pleasure → primero es la obligación que la devoción
to carry on business as → tener un negocio de
to do business with → negociar con
he's in business → se dedica al comercio
he's in business in London → trabaja en una empresa comercial de Londres
he's in the selling business → se dedica al comercio
now we're in business → ya caminamos
if we can find a car we're in business → si encontramos un coche empezamos a rodar
to go into business → dedicarse al comercio
the shop is losing business → la tienda está perdiendo clientela
he means business → habla en serio
I'm here on business → estoy (en viaje) de negocios
to go abroad on business → ir al extranjero en viaje de negocios
to go out of business → quebrar
to put sb out of business → hacer que algn quiebre
to set up in business as → montar un negocio de
to set sb up in business → montar un negocio a algn
to get down to business → ir al grano
3. (= trade, profession) → oficio m, ocupación f
what business are you in? → ¿a qué se dedica usted?
he's got the biggest laugh in the business → tiene la risa más fuerte que hay por aquí
what business are you in? → ¿a qué se dedica usted?
he's got the biggest laugh in the business → tiene la risa más fuerte que hay por aquí
4. (= task, duty, concern) → asunto m, responsabilidad f
to send sb about his business → echar a algn con cajas destempladas
the business before the meeting (frm) → los asuntos a tratar
I have business with the minister → tengo asuntos que tratar con el ministro
what business have you to intervene? → ¿con qué derecho interviene usted?
we're not in business to + INFIN → no tenemos por costumbre + infin
we are not in the business of subsidizing scroungers → no tenemos por costumbre costearles la vida a los gorrones
mind your own business!, none of your business! → ¡y a ti qué te importa!, ¡no te metas!
that's my business → eso es cosa mía
it is my business to + INFIN → me corresponde + infin
I will make it my business to tell him → yo me encargaré de decírselo
it's no business of mine → yo no tengo nada que ver con eso, no es cosa mía
you had no business doing that → no tenías derecho a hacerlo
they're working away like nobody's business → están trabajando como locos
it's none of his business → no es asunto suyo
any other business (on agenda) → ruegos mpl y preguntas
to send sb about his business → echar a algn con cajas destempladas
the business before the meeting (frm) → los asuntos a tratar
I have business with the minister → tengo asuntos que tratar con el ministro
what business have you to intervene? → ¿con qué derecho interviene usted?
we're not in business to + INFIN → no tenemos por costumbre + infin
we are not in the business of subsidizing scroungers → no tenemos por costumbre costearles la vida a los gorrones
mind your own business!, none of your business! → ¡y a ti qué te importa!, ¡no te metas!
that's my business → eso es cosa mía
it is my business to + INFIN → me corresponde + infin
I will make it my business to tell him → yo me encargaré de decírselo
it's no business of mine → yo no tengo nada que ver con eso, no es cosa mía
you had no business doing that → no tenías derecho a hacerlo
they're working away like nobody's business → están trabajando como locos
it's none of his business → no es asunto suyo
any other business (on agenda) → ruegos mpl y preguntas
5. (= affair, matter) → asunto m, cuestión f
the Suez business → el asunto de Suez, la cuestión Suez
it's a nasty business → es un asunto feo
finding a flat can be quite a business → encontrar piso or (LAm) un departamento puede ser muy difícil
did you hear about that business yesterday? → ¿te contaron algo de lo que pasó ayer?
I can't stand this business of doing nothing → no puedo con este plan de no hacer nada
what a business this is! → ¡vaya lío!
the Suez business → el asunto de Suez, la cuestión Suez
it's a nasty business → es un asunto feo
finding a flat can be quite a business → encontrar piso or (LAm) un departamento puede ser muy difícil
did you hear about that business yesterday? → ¿te contaron algo de lo que pasó ayer?
I can't stand this business of doing nothing → no puedo con este plan de no hacer nada
what a business this is! → ¡vaya lío!
7. the dog did its business → el perro hizo sus necesidades
8. he's/it's the business → es fantástico
B. CPD business address N → dirección f comercial or profesional
business administration N (as course) → administración f de empresas
business agent N → agente mf de negocios
business associate N → socio/a m/f, asociado/a m/f
business card N → tarjeta f de visita
business centre, business center (US) N → centro m financiero
business class N (Aer) → clase f preferente
business college N → escuela f de administración de empresas
business consultancy N → asesoría f empresarial
business consultant N → asesor(a) m/f de empresas
business deal N → trato m comercial
business district N → zona f comercial
business end N (fig) [of tool, weapon] → punta f
business expenses NPL → gastos mpl (comerciales)
business hours NPL → horas fpl de oficina
business language N → lenguaje m comercial
business lunch N → comida f de negocios
business machines NPL → máquinas fpl para la empresa
business management N → dirección f empresarial
business manager N (Comm, Ind) → director(a) m/f comercial, gerente mf comercial (Theat) → secretario/a m/f
business park N → parque m industrial
business people NPL → empresarios mpl, gente f de negocios
business plan N → plan m de empresa
business practice N → práctica f empresarial
business premises NPL → local msing comercial
business school N = business college business sense N → cabeza f para los negocios
business Spanish N → español m comercial
(Faculty of) Business Studies N → (Facultad f de) Ciencias fpl Empresariales
business suit N → traje m de oficina or de calle
business trip N → viaje m de negocios
business administration N (as course) → administración f de empresas
business agent N → agente mf de negocios
business associate N → socio/a m/f, asociado/a m/f
business card N → tarjeta f de visita
business centre, business center (US) N → centro m financiero
business class N (Aer) → clase f preferente
business college N → escuela f de administración de empresas
business consultancy N → asesoría f empresarial
business consultant N → asesor(a) m/f de empresas
business deal N → trato m comercial
business district N → zona f comercial
business end N (fig) [of tool, weapon] → punta f
business expenses NPL → gastos mpl (comerciales)
business hours NPL → horas fpl de oficina
business language N → lenguaje m comercial
business lunch N → comida f de negocios
business machines NPL → máquinas fpl para la empresa
business management N → dirección f empresarial
business manager N (Comm, Ind) → director(a) m/f comercial, gerente mf comercial (Theat) → secretario/a m/f
business park N → parque m industrial
business people NPL → empresarios mpl, gente f de negocios
business plan N → plan m de empresa
business practice N → práctica f empresarial
business premises NPL → local msing comercial
business school N = business college business sense N → cabeza f para los negocios
business Spanish N → español m comercial
(Faculty of) Business Studies N → (Facultad f de) Ciencias fpl Empresariales
business suit N → traje m de oficina or de calle
business trip N → viaje m de negocios
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business
[ˈbɪznɪs] n (= trade) → affaires fpl
to do business with sb → traiter avec qn
to lose business → perdre des clients
to go out of business → cesser ses activités
to be in business [company] → faire des affaires
it's business as usual (fig) → la vie continue
to do business with sb → traiter avec qn
to lose business → perdre des clients
to go out of business → cesser ses activités
to be in business [company] → faire des affaires
it's business as usual (fig) → la vie continue
(= commerce) → commerce m
(= work)
I'm here on business → Je suis là pour affaires.
to be away on business (long trip) → être en voyage d'affaires; (short trip) → être en déplacement
He's away on business for the week → Il est en voyage d'affaires pour toute la semaine.
to get down to business → passer aux choses sérieuses
to mean business → être sérieux/euse
He means business → Il ne plaisante pas., Il est sérieux.
I'm here on business → Je suis là pour affaires.
to be away on business (long trip) → être en voyage d'affaires; (short trip) → être en déplacement
He's away on business for the week → Il est en voyage d'affaires pour toute la semaine.
to get down to business → passer aux choses sérieuses
to mean business → être sérieux/euse
He means business → Il ne plaisante pas., Il est sérieux.
(= sector) → secteur m
He's in the insurance business → Il est dans les assurances., Il est dans le secteur des assurances.
in the hotel business → dans l'hôtellerie or dans le secteur de l'hôtellerie
I'm not in the business of ... (fig) → mon but n'est pas de ...
He's in the insurance business → Il est dans les assurances., Il est dans le secteur des assurances.
in the hotel business → dans l'hôtellerie or dans le secteur de l'hôtellerie
I'm not in the business of ... (fig) → mon but n'est pas de ...
(= concern) it's none of your business → cela ne te regarde pas
it's none of my business → cela ne me regarde pas
mind your own business → mêlez-vous de vos affaires, mêlez-vous de ce qui vous regarde
that's my business → c'est mon affaire
to have no business doing sth (= right) → n'avoir aucun droit de faire qch
I had no business being there at all → Je n'avais aucun droit d'être là.
to make it one's business to do sth → se charger de faire qch
it's none of my business → cela ne me regarde pas
mind your own business → mêlez-vous de vos affaires, mêlez-vous de ce qui vous regarde
that's my business → c'est mon affaire
to have no business doing sth (= right) → n'avoir aucun droit de faire qch
I had no business being there at all → Je n'avais aucun droit d'être là.
to make it one's business to do sth → se charger de faire qch
to be the business → être génial(e)business account n → compte m professionnelbusiness address n → adresse f professionnellebusiness angel n (= backer) → bailleur m de fondsbusiness associate n → connaissance f professionnellebusiness card n → carte f de visite (professionnelle)business class
adj [seat] → en or de classe affairesbusiness deal n → affaire fbusiness district n → quartier m des affairesbusiness expense n → frais mpl professionnelsbusiness hours npl [shops] → heures fpl d'ouverture; [offices] → heures fpl de bureaubusiness letter n → lettre f commerciale
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business
n
no pl (= commerce) → Geschäft nt; (= line of business) → Branche f; to be in business → Geschäftsmann sein; I am in business with him → ich habe geschäftlich mit ihm zu tun; to go into business → Geschäftsmann werden; to go into business with somebody → mit jdm ein Geschäft gründen; what line of business is she in? → was macht sie beruflich?; to be in the publishing/insurance business → im Verlagswesen/der Versicherungsbranche tätig sein; to set up in business → ein Geschäft gründen; to set up in business as a butcher/lawyer etc → sich als Fleischer/Rechtsanwalt etc niederlassen; to go out of business → zumachen; to do business with somebody → Geschäfte pl → mit jdm machen; business is business → Geschäft ist Geschäft; “business as usual” (during renovation etc) → das Geschäft bleibt geöffnet; it’s business as usual → alles geht wie gewohnt weiter; how’s business? → wie gehen die Geschäfte?; business is good → die Geschäfte gehen gut; to look for business → sich nach Aufträgen umsehen; to go to Paris on business → geschäftlich nach Paris fahren; he is here/away on business → er ist geschäftlich hier/unterwegs; to know one’s business → seine Sache verstehen; to get down to business → zur Sache kommen; to combine or mix business with pleasure → das Angenehme mit dem Nützlichen verbinden; you shouldn’t mix business with pleasure → man sollte Geschäftliches und Vergnügen trennen; looking for business? (asked by prostitute) → na, Süßer, wie wärs?
(fig inf) now we’re in business → jetzt kanns losgehen (inf); to mean business → es ernst meinen; it’s/she’s the business → das/sie ist spitze (inf)
(= commercial enterprise) → Geschäft nt, → Betrieb m; a small business → ein kleines Unternehmen; a family business → ein Familienunternehmen nt
(= concern) → Sache f, → Angelegenheit f; (= task, duty also) → Aufgabe f; that’s my business → das ist meine Sache or Angelegenheit; that’s no business of mine/yours, that’s none of my/your business → das geht mich/dich nichts an; to make it one’s business to do something → es sich (dat) → zur Aufgabe machen, etw zu tun; you should make it your business to see that all the products … → Sie sollten sich darum kümmern, dass alle Produkte …; you’ve no business doing that → du hast kein Recht, das zu tun; we are not in the business of doing that → es ist nicht unsere Aufgabe, das zu tun; to send somebody about his business → jdn in seine Schranken weisen; I must be about my business (form) → ich muss (jetzt) meinen Geschäften nachgehen ? mind
(= difficult job) → Problem nt
(inf: = affair) → Sache f; I am tired of this protest business → ich hab genug von dieser Protestiererei (inf); moving house can be a costly/stressful business → ein Umzug kann ganz schön teuer/stressig sein ? funny
(Theat) → dargestellte Handlung
(inf, = defecation: of dog, child) → Geschäft nt (inf); to do one’s business → sein Geschäft machen or verrichten (inf)
business
:business acumen
n → Geschäftstüchtigkeit f, → Geschäftssinn m
business address
n → Geschäftsadresse f
business associate
business card
n → (Visiten)karte f
business centre, (US) business center
n → Geschäftszentrum nt
business class
n → Businessclass f, → Businessklasse f
business college
n → Wirtschaftshochschule f
business consultant
n → Betriebsberater(in) m(f)
business culture
n → Geschäftskultur f
business development loan
n → Investitionskredit m
business expenses
pl → Spesen pl
business hours
pl → Geschäftsstunden pl, → Geschäftszeit f
business letter
n → Geschäftsbrief m
business
:business lunch
n → Gechäftsessen nt
businessman
n → Geschäftsmann m
business management
n → Betriebswirtschaft(slehre) f
business manager
n (for theatre) → Verwaltungsdirektor(in) m(f); (of pop star etc) → Manager(in) m(f)
business model
n → Geschäftsmodell nt
business park
n → Industriegelände nt
business people
pl → Geschäftsleute pl
business plan
n → Geschäftsplan m
business practices
pl → Geschäftsgebaren nt no pl
business proposition
n (= proposal) → Geschäftsangebot nt; (= idea) → Geschäftsvorhaben nt
business school
n → Wirtschaftsschule f
business sense
n → Geschäftssinn m
business studies
pl → Wirtschaftslehre f
business suit
n → Straßenanzug m
business trip
n → Geschäftsreise f
businesswoman
n → Geschäftsfrau f
business year
n → Geschäftsjahr nt
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business
[ˈbɪznɪs]1. n
a. (commerce, trading) → affari mpl
selling books is her business → di mestiere vende libri
he's in the insurance business → lavora nel campo delle assicurazioni
he's in the wool business → è nel commercio della lana
I'm here on business → sono qui per affari
to be away on business → essere via per affari
to do business with sb → fare affari con qn
let's get down to business (fam) → bando alle chiacchiere
business is business → gli affari sono affari
now we're in business! → ci siamo!
she means business → fa sul serio, non scherza
selling books is her business → di mestiere vende libri
he's in the insurance business → lavora nel campo delle assicurazioni
he's in the wool business → è nel commercio della lana
I'm here on business → sono qui per affari
to be away on business → essere via per affari
to do business with sb → fare affari con qn
let's get down to business (fam) → bando alle chiacchiere
business is business → gli affari sono affari
now we're in business! → ci siamo!
she means business → fa sul serio, non scherza
b. (firm) → impresa, azienda
to set up a business → metter su un'impresa
it's a family business → è un'impresa familiare
to set up a business → metter su un'impresa
it's a family business → è un'impresa familiare
c. (task, duty, concern, matter) → affare m
to make it one's business to do sth → incaricarsi di fare qc
that's none of your business → non sono affari tuoi, non ti riguarda
that's my business → (è) affar mio, (sono) affari miei
it's his business to see that ... → spetta a lui accertarsi che...
you had no business to do that → non stava a te farlo
mind your own business → bada ai fatti tuoi, non t'impicciare
to make it one's business to do sth → incaricarsi di fare qc
that's none of your business → non sono affari tuoi, non ti riguarda
that's my business → (è) affar mio, (sono) affari miei
it's his business to see that ... → spetta a lui accertarsi che...
you had no business to do that → non stava a te farlo
mind your own business → bada ai fatti tuoi, non t'impicciare
2. adj (deal, quarter, relationship) → d'affari; (studies) → commerciale
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business
(ˈbiznis) noun1. occupation; buying and selling. Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.
2. a shop, a firm. He owns his own business.
3. concern. Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).
ˈbusinesslike adjective practical; alert and prompt. a businesslike approach to the problem; She is very businesslike.
ˈbusinessman – feminine ˈbusinesswoman – noun a person who makes a living from some form of trade or commerce, not from one of the professions.
on business in the process of doing business or something official.
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business
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