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Meaning of business

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  business
      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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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