HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of BUSINESS products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: Business Opportunities Money, beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| NOUN | 1 | business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it |
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| 2 | business, commercial enterprise, business enterprise | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects | |
| 3 | business, business sector | Business concerns collectively | |
| 4 | business | The volume of commercial activity | |
| 5 | business | A rightful concern or responsibility | |
| 6 | business, occupation, job, line of work, line | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money | |
| 7 | business | An immediate objective | |
| 8 | business, stage business, byplay | Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect | |
| 9 | business, clientele, patronage | Customers collectively |
| Sounds | bih'znahs; bih'znihs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| abyss, allis, amaryllis, and 180 more rhymes in ihs... |
| Meaning | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it. |
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| Examples | "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
| Synonyms | concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation |
| Members | division |
| Category of | shipping room |
| Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business |
| Broader | enterprise |
| Narrower | agency; brokerage; carrier, common carrier; chain; firm, house, business firm; franchise, dealership; manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business; partnership; processor; shipbuilder; underperformer |
| Meaning | Business concerns collectively. |
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| Examples | "Government and business could not agree" |
| Synonyms | business sector |
| Category of | incorporate |
| Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business |
| Broader | sector |
| Narrower | big business |
| Meaning | The volume of commercial activity. |
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| Examples | "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today" |
| Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business |
| Broader | business activity, commercial activity |
| Narrower | trade, patronage; land-office business |
| Meaning | A rightful concern or responsibility. |
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| Examples | "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" |
| Broader | concern, worry, headache, vexation |
| Meaning | The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money. |
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| Examples | "he's not in my line of business" |
| Synonyms | occupation, job, line of work, line |
| Broader | activity |
| Narrower | confectionery; sport; farming, land; game, biz; career, calling, vocation; employment, work; appointment; position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation; treadmill, salt mine; trade, craft; profession; metier, medium; accountancy, accounting; photography; catering |
| Meaning | An immediate objective. |
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| Examples | "gossip was the main business of the evening" |
| Broader | aim, object, objective, target |
| Narrower | occasions |
| Meaning | Incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect. |
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| Examples | "his business with the cane was hilarious" |
| Synonyms | stage business, byplay |
| Broader | acting, playing, playacting, performing |
| Narrower | shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick |
| Meaning | Customers collectively. |
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| Synonyms | clientele, patronage |
| Broader | people |
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