Business enterprise – Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

types:

tourism, touristry

the business of providing services to tourists

fishing

the occupation of catching fish for a living

butchering, butchery

the business of a butcher

storage

the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials

industry, manufacture

the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

employee-owned business, employee-owned enterprise

a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it

finance

the commercial activity of providing funds and capital

discount business

the business of selling merchandise at a discount

real-estate business

the business of selling real estate

advertising, publicizing

the business of drawing public attention to goods and services

publication, publishing

the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution

printing

the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

packaging

the business of packing

agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm

a large-scale farming enterprise

building, construction

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

shipping, transport, transportation

the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

venture

a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit

ecotourism

tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature

cold storage

refrigerated storage for preservation

stowage, stowing

the act of packing or storing away

tankage

the act of storing in tanks

cottage industry

small-scale industry that can be carried on at home by family members using their own equipment

production

(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale

industrial enterprise, industrialisation, industrialization

the development of industry on an extensive scale

corporate finance

the financial activities of corporation

financing, funding

the act of financing

high finance

large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical)

investing, investment

the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

floatation, flotation

financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares

banking

transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.

hard sell

forceful and insistent advertising

soft sell

suggestive or persuasive advertising

circularisation, circularization

circulating printed notices as a means of advertising

desktop publishing

(computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials

republication, republishing

the act of publishing again

contribution

a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings, as an article or story

serialisation, serialization

publication in serial form

gravure

the act of intaglio printing

issue, publication

the act of issuing printed materials

meat packing, meat-packing business, meatpacking

wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers)

unitisation, unitization

the act of packaging cargo into unit loads

jerry-building

construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit

air transport, air transportation

transportation by air

navigation

ship traffic

hauling, truckage, trucking

the activity of transporting goods by truck

freight, freightage

transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates

express, expressage

rapid transport of goods

ferry, ferrying

transport by boat or aircraft