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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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incident
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incid? (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cid?, the combining form of cad? (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.s?.d?nt/
Noun
incident (plural incidents)
- (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
- A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
incident (not comparable)
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
- Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- 17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana
- the studies incident to his profession
- 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)
- The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
- 17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana
- (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
Translations
Catalan
Noun
incident m (plural incidents)
- incident
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incid?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.si?d?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?ci?dent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
incident n (plural incidenten)
- An incident.
- Synonym: voorval
Derived terms
- grensincident
- incidenteel
- schietincident
- steekincident
Descendants
- Afrikaans: insident
- ? Indonesian: insiden
- ? West Frisian: ynsidint
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.si.d??/
Adjective
incident (feminine singular incidente, masculine plural incidents, feminine plural incidentes)
- incidental
- (physics) incident
Noun
incident m (plural incidents)
- incident
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb incid? (“I fall upon”).
Verb
incident
- third-person plural future active indicative of incid?
Etymology 2
Form of the verb inc?d? (“I cut or hew open”).
Verb
inc?dent
- third-person plural future active indicative of inc?d?
Romanian
Etymology
From French incident
Adjective
incident m or n (feminine singular incident?, masculine plural inciden?i, feminine and neuter plural incidente)
- incidental
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /int?s?dent/
- Hyphenation: in?ci?dent
Noun
incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- incident
Declension
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