business

Definition

  • n. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
  • n. a rightful concern or responsibility
  • n. an immediate objective
  • n. the volume of commercial activity

Word forms

Plural
businesses

Example sentences

  1. n.

    She has a successful business selling handmade jewelry.

  2. n.

    His family has been in the restaurant business for over twenty years.