Main entry: business, byplay, stage business
Definition: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
Usage: his business with the cane was hilarious
Main entry: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Usage: he's not in my line of business
Main entry: commercial enterprise, business, business enterprise
Definition: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
Usage: computers are now widely used in business
Main entry: business
Definition: the volume of commercial activity
Usage: business is good today; show me where the business was today
Main entry: business
Definition: a rightful concern or responsibility
Usage: it's none of your business; mind your own business
Main entry: business
Definition: an immediate objective
Usage: gossip was the main business of the evening
Main entry: business, business sector
Definition: business concerns collectively
Usage: Government and business could not agree
Main entry: concern, business, business concern, business organisation, business organization
Definition: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Usage: he bought his brother's business; a small mom-and-pop business; a racially integrated business concern
Main entry: clientele, business, patronage
Definition: customers collectively
Usage: they have an upper class clientele