Synonyms: business, byplay, stage business
Definition: incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
Usage: his business with the cane was hilarious
Similar words: performing, acting, playacting, playing
Definition: the performance of a part or role in a drama
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Definition: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Synonyms: business
Definition: the volume of commercial activity
Usage: business is good today; show me where the business was today
Similar words: business activity, commercial activity
Definition: activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise
Synonyms: business
Definition: a rightful concern or responsibility
Usage: it's none of your business; mind your own business
Similar words: concern, headache, vexation, worry
Definition: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
Usage: New York traffic is a constant concern; it's a major worry
Synonyms: business
Definition: an immediate objective
Usage: gossip was the main business of the evening
Similar words: aim, object, objective, target
Definition: the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
Usage: the sole object of her trip was to see her children
Synonyms: business, business sector
Definition: business concerns collectively
Usage: Government and business could not agree
Similar words: sector
Definition: a social group that forms part of the society or the economy
Usage: the public sector
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: enterprise
Definition: an organization created for business ventures
Usage: a growing enterprise must have a bold leader
Synonyms: clientele, business, patronage
Definition: customers collectively
Usage: they have an upper class clientele
Similar words: people
Definition: (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage: old people; there were at least 200 people in the audience