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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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occurrence
English
Etymology
From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia.
Morphologically occur +? -ence.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k???n(t)s/, /??k????n(t)s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??k??n(t)s/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??k???n(t)s/, /??k????n(t)s/
- In accents without the hurry-furry merger, /??/ is nevertheless occasionally heard through influence of occur.
Noun
occurrence (plural occurrences)
- An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
- (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.
- Antonym: state
- Hyponyms: accomplishment, achievement, activity
Usage notes
- This word is often misspelled occurence, occurrance or occurance.
Related terms
- recurrence
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.ky.???s/
Noun
occurrence f (plural occurrences)
- occurrence
Derived terms
- en l'occurrence
Further reading
- “occurrence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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