Business - Definition

n 1: 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" [syn: business, concern, business concern,
business organization, business organisation]
2: the activity of providing goods and services involving
financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers
are now widely used in business" [syn: commercial
enterprise, business enterprise, business]
3: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: occupation,
business, job, line of work, line]
4: a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your
business"; "mind your own business"
5: an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the
evening"
6: the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today";
"show me where the business was today"
7: business concerns collectively; "Government and business
could not agree" [syn: business, business sector]
8: customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
[syn: clientele, patronage, business]
9: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic
effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn:
business, stage business, byplay]