ALL meanings of businesses
busi·ness
B b - noun businesses an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming. 1
- noun businesses the purchase and sale of goods in an attempt to make a profit. 1
- noun businesses a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern. 1
- noun businesses volume of trade; patronage: Most of the store's business comes from local families. 1
- noun businesses 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 businesses that with which a person is principally and seriously concerned: Words are a writer's business. 1
- noun businesses something with which a person is rightfully concerned: What they are doing is none of my business. 1
- noun businesses affair; project: We were exasperated by the whole business. 1
- noun businesses an assignment or task; chore: It's your business to wash the dishes now. 1
- noun businesses Also called piece of business, stage business. Theater. a movement or gesture, especially a minor one, used by an actor to give expressiveness, drama, detail, etc., to a scene or to help portray a character. 1
- noun businesses excrement: used as a euphemism. 1
- adjective businesses of, noting, or pertaining to business, its organization, or its procedures. 1
- adjective businesses containing, suitable for, or welcoming business or commerce: New York is a good business town. 1
- idioms businesses business is business, profit has precedence over personal considerations: He is reluctant to fire his friend, but business is business. 1
- idioms businesses do one's business, (usually of an animal or child) to defecate or urinate: housebreaking a puppy to do his business outdoors. 1
- idioms businesses get down to business, to apply oneself to serious matters; concentrate on work: They finally got down to business and signed the contract. 1
- idioms businesses give someone the business, Informal. to make difficulties for someone; treat harshly: Instead of a straight answer they give him the business with a needless run-around. to scold severely; give a tongue-lashing to: The passengers will give the bus driver the business if he keeps driving so recklessly. 1
- idioms businesses have no business, to have no right: You have no business coming into this house. 1
- idioms businesses mean business, to propose to take action or be serious in intent; be in earnest: By the fire in his eye we knew that he meant business. 1
- idioms businesses mind one's own business, to refrain from meddling in the affairs of others: When he inquired about the noise coming from the neighbor's apartment, he was told to mind his own business. 1
- noun businesses plural of business. 0