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give the business

give the busi·ness
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [giv stressed th ee biz-nis]
    • /gɪv stressed ði ˈbɪz nɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [giv stressed th ee biz-nis]
    • /gɪv stressed ði ˈbɪz nɪs/

Definitions of give the business words

  • noun give the business an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming. 1
  • noun give the business the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit. 1
  • noun give the business a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern. 1
  • noun give the business volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families. 1
  • noun give the business a building or site where commercial work is carried on, as a factory, store, or office; place of work: His business is on the corner of Broadway and Elm Street. 1
  • noun give the business that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business. 1
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Origin of give the business

First appearance:

before 950
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English; Old English bisignes. See busy, -ness

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Parts of speech for Give the business

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Give the business

give the business popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for give the business

verb give the business

  • annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
  • bully — A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
  • tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
  • pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
  • goad — a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
All 84 Synonyms of give the business

Antonyms for give the business

verb give the business

  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • please — (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
All 31 Antonyms of give the business

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