Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
business en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɪz.nəz/ weak vowel merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
- /ˈbɪz.nəs/ weak vowel merger
- /ˈbɪd.nɪs/ (Southern-US)
- /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ (Southern-US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈbɪz.nɪz/
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bisīg
Old English bisiġ
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Old English bisiġnes
Middle English bisynes
English business
From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"
Meanings
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Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone.
[…] the fact that the injured party came to the insured premises for solely business purposes precluded any reliance on the non-business pursuits exception (§ 1 1 2[b]).
1996, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, American Law Reports: Annotations and Cases, volume 35, page 432:Both of these partnerships have to cope with these dual issues in a more complicated way than is the case in solely business partnerships.
2003, Marvin Snider, Compatibility Breeds Success: How to Manage Your Relationship with Your Business Partner, page 298:They are solely business instruments. Every man's relation to them is purely a business relation. His use of them is purely a business use.
1897, Reform Club (New York, N.Y.) Sound Currency Committee, Sound Currency, volumes 4-5, page cclii:With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
Sometimes this very subtle contrast becomes only too visible, as when in wartime Jewish business men were almost lynched because they were thoroughly business men and worked for profit.
1927, “Making of America Project”, in Harper's Magazine, volume 154, page 502:The moral is evident: do not invest in schemes promising enormous and quick returns unless you have investigated them in a thoroughly business manner.
2009, Frank Channing Haddock, Business Power: Supreme Business Laws and Maxims that Win Wealth, page 231:He is thoroughly business, but has the happy faculty of transacting it in a genial and courteous manner.
1889, The Clothier and furnisher, volume 19, page 38:[…] and the transaction carried through in a thoroughly business manner.
1909, Business Administration: Business Practice, La Salle Extension University, page 77:
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Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
Amiens is a thoroughly business town, the business being chiefly with the flax-works.
1867, “Amiens”, in Edmund Hodgson Yates, editor, Tinsley's Magazine, page 430:According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
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Animals (Appendix)
business en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɪz.nəz/ weak vowel merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
- /ˈbɪz.nəs/ weak vowel merger
- /ˈbɪd.nɪs/ (Southern-US)
- /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ (Southern-US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈbɪz.nɪz/
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *bisīg
Old English bisiġ
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Old English bisiġnes
Middle English bisynes
English business
From Middle English busines, busynes, businesse, bisynes, from Old English bisiġnes (“business, busyness”), equivalent to busy + -ness. Doublet of busyness. Sense 17 (something very good, top quality), possibly derives from "the bee's knees"
Meanings
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(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
I left my father's business.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
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(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
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(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
We do business all over the world.
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(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.
In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%. That means about $165 billion was spent not on drumming up business, but on annoying people, creating landfill and cluttering spam filters.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:Business has been slow lately.
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(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
I shall take my business elsewhere.
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(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.
2013 August 10, Schumpeter, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
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(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
I studied business at Harvard.
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(countable) A particular situation or activity.
This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.
The wolde ſome mayſter perhappes clowt ye / But as for me ye nede nat doute ye / For I had leuer be without ye / Then haue ſuche beſyneſſe aboute ye.
[1545?], John Heywood, The Playe Called The Foure PP […], London: […] Wyllyam Myddylton, →OCLC; reprinted as John S. Farmer, editor, The Play Called The Four PP […] (The Tudor Facsimile Texts), London; Edinburgh: […] T. C. & E. C. Jack, […], 1908, →OCLC, signature [E.ii.], verso:
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(countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
To know the naturall cause of Sense, is not very necessary to the business now in hand; and I have els-where written of the same at large.
1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Chapter I: Of Sense”, in Leviathanᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ:Our principal business here is to get drunk.
Let's get down to business.
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(uncountable) Something involving one personally.
That's none of your business.
My work is no business of yours.
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(uncountable) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.
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(uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
Gates, who always flew business or coach, didn't particularly like the high air fares Nishi was charging to Microsoft,[…]
1992, James Wallace, Jim Erickson, Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire, page 154:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
The business with the hat is a fine example of the difficulty of distinguishing between 'natural' and 'formal' acting.
1983, Peter Thomson, Shakespeare's Theatre, →ISBN, page 155:
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(countable, informal, qualifier:Los Angeles, uncountable, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
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(countable, slang, uncountable, with the) Prostitution.
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(collective, countable, rare) A group of ferrets.
It is endangered because of the very small populations which are cut off from other "businesses."
2022, Barbara Stotts Cochran, Our Educational System Flipped Upside Down: Teaching Reading to Reduce the Negative Effects of School Closures During the Pandemic, and Beyond, Christian Faith Publishing, Incorporated:I'm sure his goons will go through the ship like a business of ferrets, and they'll want to look in our baggage.
2004, Dave Duncan, The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades, →ISBN, page 252:"Aye!" Fisher roared in glee. "A whole business of 'em! Better yet—an army of 'em! And there's more."
1999, Joanne Bertin, Dragon and Phoenix, page 123:
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(UK, countable, slang, uncountable, with the) Something very good; top quality.
These new phones are the business!
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(slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.
Your ferret left his business all over the floor.
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(countable, slang, uncountable) Disruptive shenanigans.
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(countable, qualifier:Australian Aboriginal, uncountable) Matters.
Forms
Deriveds
business boy · business studies · business-as-usual · business risk · business object · business rule · business failure · book of business · get down to business · business intelligence · business law · do one's business · biz · small business · family business · business unit · business venture · business-man · business trip · farm business tenancy · show business · give someone the business · business development · business key · any other business · businesscrat · mind one's own business · business plan · bizopp · order of business · business end · do someone's business · businesswoman · business man · businessworthy · business before pleasure · businessperson · bad business · cannabusiness · business day · agrobusinessman · business class · business deal · take care of business · Shoah business · business logic · funny business · line of business · bizfluencer · close of business · fesnyng · business formal · mean business · edubusiness · do business · businessless · microbusiness · business idea · business district · core business · by-business · business administration · business reply · business owner · superbusiness · business is business · business machine · business hours · business cycle · none of someone's business · out of business · business lunch · businesswide · nonbusiness · business suit · crypto business · agrobusiness · probusiness · non-business · dirty business · businesslike · business opportunity · business-to-business-to-consumer · leg business · prebusiness · business case · business-to-consumer · M-business · in business · business card · business girl · business trust · ordinary course of business · business continuity planning · like nobody's business · mind one's business · businessfolk · business ethics · unfinished business · monkey business · there's no business like show business · like it's nobody's business · businessly · businessplace · business casual · business analyst · go about one's business · businesswear · business-to-business · agribusiness · ease of doing business index · send about one's business · antibusiness · telebusiness · businessman · businessese · stick to business · mind-your-own-business · business name · showbusiness · show biz · take one's business elsewhere · business architect · central business district · personal business · have no business · business record · we appreciate your business · megabusiness · business index · genteel business · cost of doing business · business practice · zombie business · mix business with pleasure · business in the front, party in the back · businessy · business English · the business · showbiz · business cost · business park · sorry business · business-casual · multibusiness · business-friendly · stroke of business · place of business · make it one's business · business-like · bleisure · business school · agri-business · business-critical · stand on business · business as usual · it's none of your business · cyberbusiness · business partner · business model · business angel · stage business · pro-business · women's business · e-business · business-to-employee · do a land-office business · business economics · in the business of · business-to-institutions · business-friendliness · businessness · big business · businesswise
Descendants
bisnis · biznes · بزناس · би́знес · business · business · би́знесъ · бі́знес · business · busnes · bisnes · bisnes · bääznäs · beesnes · biznes · ビジネス · बनेज्या · pisinisi · би́знес · बनय्ज्या · biznis · byznys · bisne · business · Bisniss · business · besnissaður · bișniță · biznis · peejnej · бі́знэс · business
Relateds
pidgin
Synonyms
business · firm · enterprise · company · fesnyng · affair
Translations (391)
ru фи́рма (commercial enterprise or establishment) · scn chi fari (particular situation or activity) · sk biznis (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sv ärende (matters that come before a body for deliberation or action) · lv bizness (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fa-ira کار (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fi työ (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ja 売買 (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · oc negòci (occupation, work or trade of a person) · de Firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ia negotios (occupation, work or trade of a person) · uk спра́ва (something involving one personally) · ka ფირმა (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mt negozjanta (occupation, work or trade of a person) · nl zakenleven (occupation, work or trade of a person) · eo furaro (collective noun for a group of ferrets) · hy բիզնես (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pl firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · bn ব্যবসা (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk obchod (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sv angelägenhet (something involving one personally) · de Geschäft (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nb business (action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing) · km បរិស័ទ (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi bisnes (business class) · ru предприя́тие (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi bisnes (management of commercial enterprises) · da forretning (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ko 업무 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · yue 商業 /商业 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · tr görev (occupation, work or trade of a person) · scn mpidugghiu (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · uk підприє́мство (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mn фирм (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk manažment (management of commercial enterprises) · fi yritys (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk biznis (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fa-ira پیشِه (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi homma (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · eo entrepreno (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ar رِعَايَة (patronage) · pl interes (something involving one personally) · ru рабо́та (occupation, work or trade of a person) · xsr ཚོང (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ky компания (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pl biznes (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · mi pakihi (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi asia (slang: excrement) · tr mevzu (particular situation or activity) · mg talidy (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · lv sabiedrība (commercial enterprise or establishment) · uz kompaniya (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl zaken (volume or amount of commercial trade) · sh preduzéće (commercial enterprise or establishment) · eo komerco (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fa-ira کار (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi elinkeinoelämä (private commercial interests taken collectively) · pt ramo (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ro afacere (occupation, work or trade of a person) · az firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sh фи̑рма (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk záležitosť (particular situation or activity) · fa-ira شِرْکَت (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ur کاروبار (commercial enterprise or establishment) · id manajemen (management of commercial enterprises) · et ettevõte (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk záležitosť (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · mt negozju (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · lt kompanija (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sw biashara (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ota امر (something involving one personally) · es negociado (commercial enterprise or establishment) · id masalah (something involving one personally) · fi kauppa (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · hu ügy (particular situation or activity) · pl sprawa (particular situation or activity) · sk vec (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · ja 商売 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · id jualan (volume or amount of commercial trade) · fi kauppa (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl businessclass (business class) · az biznes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fr compagnie (commercial enterprise or establishment) · zdj shuhuli (something involving one personally) · eo establo (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl vak (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · hi व्यवसाय (occupation, work or trade of a person) · id perusahaan (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nb anliggende (something involving one personally) · ur وْیاپار (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sw biashara (business class) · de Unternehmen (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv affärsklass (business class) · kk бизнес (commercial enterprise or establishment) · el επιχείρηση (commercial enterprise or establishment) · lt bendrovė (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl klandizie (patronage) · uk фі́рма (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ca negoci (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi kauppa (volume or amount of commercial trade) · gl negocio (commercial enterprise or establishment) · oc entrepresa (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mn хэрэг (something involving one personally) · hi वाणिज्य (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sh подузе́ће (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ja 取引 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · cmn 事業 /事业 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pl zawód (occupation, work or trade of a person) · hi व्यापार (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ota امر (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · id penjualan (volume or amount of commercial trade) · kk кәсіпорын (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk podnikanie (management of commercial enterprises) · mg raharaha (commercial enterprise or establishment) · es negocio (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sq kompani (commercial enterprise or establishment) · id pekerjaan (occupation, work or trade of a person) · scn chi-fari (particular situation or activity) · ro afacere (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · mg talidy (patronage) · scn chi fari (something involving one personally) · ru би́знес (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · mg kanonkanona (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · id bisnis (business class) · ga gnólacht (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ar مَشْرُوع (occupation, work or trade of a person) · es bisnes (something involving one personally) · az şirkət (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tr işletme (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mr उद्योगधंदा (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · et äri (occupation, work or trade of a person) · si ව්යාපාර (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl zaken (something involving one personally) · tr iş (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fa-ira بِیاوار (occupation, work or trade of a person) · yue 企業 /企业 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sh компа̀нија (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pt trabalho (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sw biashara (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · uz shirkat (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fr affaire (occupation, work or trade of a person) · bo ཕྱག་ལས (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi asia (slang: something very good) · bo ལས་ཀ (occupation, work or trade of a person) · de Geschäft (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fi yritystoiminta (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fi asia (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · ru де́ло (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · yue 事業 /事业 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · de Angelegenheit (something involving one personally) · ja 業務 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fur negozi (occupation, work or trade of a person) · lt biznis (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv affär (something involving one personally) · fr firme (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tr işletme (management of commercial enterprises) · nb virksomhet (occupation, work or trade of a person) · nl bedrijf (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pdt Jeschaft (commercial enterprise or establishment) · th บริษัท (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sh poduzéće (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ar تِجَارَة (occupation, work or trade of a person) · tr mesele (particular situation or activity) · he עִנְיָן (particular situation or activity) · km ជំនួញ (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · he עֵסֶק (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ro companie (commercial enterprise or establishment) · kk компания (commercial enterprise or establishment) · vi doanh nghiệp (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ia affaires (occupation, work or trade of a person) · de Geschäft (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fa-ira بُنْگاهِ تِجاری (commercial enterprise or establishment) · cmn 企業 /企业 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi asiat (matters that come before a body for deliberation or action) · he עִנְיָן (something involving one personally) · my စီးပွားရေးလုပ်ငန်း (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi elinkeino (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sl podjetje (commercial enterprise or establishment) · te వ్యాపారము (occupation, work or trade of a person) · arz بزنيس (occupation, work or trade of a person) · nv anaanish (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · pt empresa (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl zaken (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ka საწარმო (commercial enterprise or establishment) · uk бізнес (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · sw biashara (management of commercial enterprises) · fa-ira تِجارَتْخانِه (commercial enterprise or establishment) · be бі́знэс (commercial enterprise or establishment) · be прадпрые́мства (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mk бизнис (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tr iş (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · hy ձեռնարկություն (commercial enterprise or establishment) · it campo (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ca negoci (occupation, work or trade of a person) · lv uzņēmums (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ur شِرْکَت (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pl zajęcie (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sh предузе́ће (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tr şirket (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nl zaak (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ru заня́тие (occupation, work or trade of a person) · mk промет (volume or amount of commercial trade) · mr व्यवसाय (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mn үйлдвэр (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mk занимање (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi myymälä (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mr व्यवसाय (occupation, work or trade of a person) · la negōtium (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi tapaus (particular situation or activity) · tg бизнес (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ru де́ло (particular situation or activity) · fi juttu (particular situation or activity) · ru компа́ния (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi homma (particular situation or activity) · sw biashara (private commercial interests taken collectively) · sw biashara (collective noun for a group of ferrets) · eo negoco (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ug شىركەت (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi asia (particular situation or activity) · hi वाणिज्य (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mg tadidy (something involving one personally) · mn бизнес (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · mn компани (commercial enterprise or establishment) · uk бі́знес (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mk де́јност (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv affärer (commercial enterprise or establishment) · lv firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk súkromný sektor (private commercial interests taken collectively) · fi ala (occupation, work or trade of a person) · lt verslas (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · th ธุรกิจ (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sq biznes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · yue 買賣 /买卖 (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · nv naʼiiniʼ (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ru заня́тие (particular situation or activity) · uli beesnes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · vo büsid (commercial enterprise or establishment) · it compagnia (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ga gnó (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · es negocio (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ru де́ло (something involving one personally) · cs byznys (commercial enterprise or establishment) · el εταιρεία (commercial enterprise or establishment) · cs podnik (commercial enterprise or establishment) · nb forretning (commercial enterprise or establishment) · lt reikalas (something involving one personally) · es afer (something involving one personally) · mk работа (occupation, work or trade of a person) · nv naʼiiniʼ (private commercial interests taken collectively) · mnc ᡥᡡᡩ᠋ᠠ (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · pl biznes (business class) · ka ბიზნესი (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pt negócio (occupation, work or trade of a person) · pt negócio (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ja 景気 (volume or amount of commercial trade) · lv nodarbošanās (occupation, work or trade of a person) · he עסקים (occupation, work or trade of a person) · vi doanh thương (commercial enterprise or establishment) · es negocio (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sh fȋrma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi liike-elämä (management of commercial enterprises) · cs věc (something involving one personally) · ro firmă (commercial enterprise or establishment) · cmn 買賣 /买卖 (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fi yritykset (private commercial interests taken collectively) · my ကိစ္စ (particular situation or activity) · eo afero (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · nl onderneming (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv sak (something involving one personally) · es aferes (something involving one personally) · hi वाणिज्यिक (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ga gnó (commercial enterprise or establishment) · es bolado (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi liikkeenjohto (management of commercial enterprises) · pl biznes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi ammatti (occupation, work or trade of a person) · my ကုမ္ပဏီ (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv verksamhet (management of commercial enterprises) · mk работа (something involving one personally) · grc ἐργασία (commercial enterprise or establishment) · es asunto (something involving one personally) · mr उद्योग (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ka კომპანია (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv sak (matters that come before a body for deliberation or action) · pl przedsiębiorstwo (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mn ажил хэрэг (occupation, work or trade of a person) · it azienda (commercial enterprise or establishment) · it lavoro (occupation, work or trade of a person) · lo ບໍລິສັດ (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tl negosyo (commercial enterprise or establishment) · hi व्यापार (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ko 매매 (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · tr uğraş (occupation, work or trade of a person) · lv bizness (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv företag (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · fi tehtävä (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · sk starosť (something involving one personally) · ms perniagaan (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ar عَمَل (occupation, work or trade of a person) · pl sprawa (something involving one personally) · nv anaanish (private commercial interests taken collectively) · sk vec (something involving one personally) · bn কারবার (commercial enterprise or establishment) · arz شغل (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fi liike (commercial enterprise or establishment) · et firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ja 事業 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk biznis (volume or amount of commercial trade) · sk podnik (commercial enterprise or establishment) · km ហាងជំនួញ (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tg ширкат (commercial enterprise or establishment) · lt firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mr पेशा (occupation, work or trade of a person) · eo firmao (commercial enterprise or establishment) · es incumbencia (something involving one personally) · es asunto (occupation, work or trade of a person) · it affari (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · nb sak (something involving one personally) · fi liiketoiminta (commercial enterprise or establishment) · bo ཚོང་ལས (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi ala (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · uz firma (commercial enterprise or establishment) · lv kompānija (commercial enterprise or establishment) · cs obchod (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sk vec (particular situation or activity) · tr müessese (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pl interes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv verksamhet (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ko 기업 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sv bransch (occupation, work or trade of a person) · et kompanii (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mr व्यापार (commercial enterprise or establishment) · pt negócio (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ca empresa (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ky фирма (commercial enterprise or establishment) · es bisnes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · bg предприя́тие (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk podnikatelia (private commercial interests taken collectively) · km សហគ្រាស (commercial enterprise or establishment) · kk фирма (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi asiakkuus (patronage) · el εταιρία (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sw biashara (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi lauma (collective noun for a group of ferrets) · sm pisinisi (commercial enterprise or establishment) · cs záležitost (something involving one personally) · mt negozjant (occupation, work or trade of a person) · sw biashara (volume or amount of commercial trade) · hu üzlet (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ko 사업 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · km ជំនួញ (private commercial interests taken collectively) · ko 업무 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ky ишкана (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi liikevaihto (volume or amount of commercial trade) · sh kompànija (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ko 직업 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · fr entreprise (commercial enterprise or establishment) · de Geschäft (slang: excrement) · cmn 商業 /商业 (occupation, work or trade of a person) · da branche (occupation, work or trade of a person) · my လုပ်ငန်း (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ja 企業 (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk spoločnosť (commercial enterprise or establishment) · uz biznes (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi liiketoiminta (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ro întreprindere (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ar شَرِكَة (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fi asia (something involving one personally) · hi व्यवसाय (commercial enterprise or establishment) · dsb pśedawarnja (commercial enterprise or establishment) · mg kanonkanona (commercial enterprise or establishment) · he עִנְיָן (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with) · es empresa (commercial enterprise or establishment) · uk ді́ло (something involving one personally) · da forretning (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · ky бизнес (commercial enterprise or establishment) · bg би́знес (commercial enterprise or establishment) · eo negoco (commercial enterprise or establishment) · sk obchody (volume or amount of commercial trade) · lo ທຸລະກິດ (commercial enterprise or establishment) · ca companyia (commercial enterprise or establishment) · th กงกาง (occupation, work or trade of a person) · ru би́знес (commercial enterprise or establishment) · fa-ira بیزْنِس (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · sv affär (commercial, industrial or professional activity) · sk zákazky (volume or amount of commercial trade) · ja 商い (occupation, work or trade of a person) · et bisnis (commercial enterprise or establishment) · tr hacet (slang: excrement) · my အလုပ် (occupation, work or trade of a person)