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business
English
Etymology
From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisi?nes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy +? -ness. Doublet of busyness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?z.n?s/, /?b?z.n?z/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?b?z.n?s/, /?b?z.n?z/
- (Southern American English) IPA(key): /?b?d.n?s/, /?b?d.n?z/
- Hyphenation: busi?ness
Noun
business (countable and uncountable, plural businesses)
- (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
- (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
- (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
- (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
- (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
- (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
- (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
- (countable) A particular situation or activity.
- (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
- (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
- (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
- (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
- (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
- (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
- (uncountable, slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
- (slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
- (uncountable, slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
Derived terms
Related terms
- pidgin
Descendants
Translations
Adjective
business
- Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
- Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
- Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
See also
- Appendix: Animals
- Appendix:English collective nouns
References
- business at OneLook Dictionary Search
- business in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- business in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Noun
business m
- business
Declension
Further reading
- business in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- business in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English business.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bisnes/, [?bis?ne?s?]
- IPA(key): /?pisnes/, [?pis?ne?s?]
- IPA(key): /?busines?/, [?bus?ine?s??]
Noun
business
- Alternative spelling of bisnes
Usage notes
It may be advisable to avoid using this term in writing.
Declension
This spelling does not fit nicely into Finnish declension system and is therefore seldom used, and mainly in nominative singular.
Pronunciation "bisnes":
Pronunciation "business":
Synonyms
- See Synonyms-section under bisnes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English business.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biz.n?s/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): [b?z.n?s]
Noun
business m (plural business)
- business, firm, company
- business, affairs
Further reading
- “business” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English business.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?biz.nis/
Noun
business m (invariable)
- business (commercial enterprise)
- Synonyms: affare, affari, impresa
Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from English business.
Noun
business
- business
Declension
References
business dairäläre i?tibar?n Tatarstan belän
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chore
English
Etymology 1
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ?err, ?ierr (“a turn”), from ?ierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijan? (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”).
Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon k?rian, Old High German ch?ran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA(key): /t???/
- (General American) enPR: chôr, IPA(key): /t???/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ch?r, IPA(key): /t?o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /t?o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Noun
chore (plural chores)
- A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
Derived terms
- choreful
- choreless
- chorelike
- choresome
- chore wheel
Translations
Verb
chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
- (US, dated) To do chores.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “chore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
Possibly derived from Romani ?or (“thief”), see also Geordie word chor.
Alternative forms
- chor (Geordie)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: chô, IPA(key): /t???/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: ch?r, IPA(key): /t?o(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /t?o?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
chore (third-person singular simple present chores, present participle choring, simple past and past participle chored)
- (Britain, informal) To steal.
Synonyms
- steal (standard English)
- thieve (standard English)
- twoc (Geordie)
Etymology 3
Noun
chore (plural chores)
- (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
- On every wall, and sung where e'er I walk. I number these, as being of the chore
- 1640, Ben Jonson, Underwood
Anagrams
- Roche, ocher, ochre, roche
Latin
Noun
chore
- vocative singular of chorus
Lower Sorbian
Adjective
chore
- Superseded spelling of chóre.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?.r?/
Adjective
chore
- inflection of chory:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Portuguese
Verb
chore
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of chorar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of chorar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of chorar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of chorar
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