business

business
noun
1)

Bill's business is electrical engineering

Syn:
work, line of work, occupation, profession, career, employment, job, position; vocation, calling; field, sphere, trade, métier, craft; informal biz, racket, game
2)

whom do you do business with?

Syn:
trade, trading, commerce, dealing, traffic, merchandising; dealings, transactions, negotiations
3)

her own business

Syn:
company, firm, concern, enterprise, venture, organization, operation, corporation, undertaking; office, agency, franchise, practice; informal outfit
4)

none of your business

Syn:
concern, affair, responsibility, duty, function, obligation; problem, worry; informal beeswax, bailiwick
5)

this thing about the disappearing furniture is a strange business

Syn:
affair, matter, thing, case, circumstance, situation, event, incident, happening, occurrence; episode

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