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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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pursuit
English
Alternative forms
- pursuite (obsolete)
Etymology
Old French poursuite, from the verb porsuir (“to pursue”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??sju?t/, /p???sju?t/, /p???u?t/, /p????u?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??su?t/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /p?????t/, /p??s??t/
Noun
pursuit (countable and uncountable, plural pursuits)
- The act of pursuing.
- A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
- (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
- (law, obsolete) prosecution
- That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.
Synonyms
- (hobby): See also Thesaurus:hobby
Derived terms
Related terms
- pursue
Translations
Further reading
- pursuit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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