Business Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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the activity of making, buying, or selling goods or providing services in exchange for money

• The store will be open for business next week. [=the store will be ready for customers next week]

• The store has lost a significant amount of business since the factory closed.

• Allowing customers to leave your store unsatisfied is bad (for) business.

• The new Web site has been good for (attracting) business.

• What line of business [=work] are you in?

• She works in the publishing business.

• the fashion/music/restaurant business

• We

  do business with

  [=sell to or buy from] companies overseas.

• David has decided to

  go into business

  with his brother.

• Remember that your customers can

  take their business elsewhere

  . [=your customers can go to another place to do business]

• Their publishing company is

  the best in the business

  .

• a

  place of business

  [=a place, such as a store, bank, etc., where business is done]

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often used before another noun

• business opportunities/contacts/interests

• The business world is responding to changes in technology. [=businesses are responding to changes in technology]

• Someone will be available to answer your call during regular

  business hours

  . [=the hours that the office is open to do business]

• a

  business meeting

  [=a meeting at which matters of business are discussed]

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