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business*/*/*/
[ˈbɪznəs]
noun
1) [U] the work of buying or selling products or services
the music/fashion business[/ex]
They're trying to attract new business (= get more customers) by cutting prices.[/ex]
We have been in business since 1983 (= buying or selling products or services).[/ex]
It was a mistake to go into business with my brother.[/ex]
I found them very easy to do business with.[/ex]
2) [U] people who work in business
The conference brought together representatives from business, the media, and politics.[/ex]
the business community[/ex]
3) [U] the work that you do as your job
a business trip[/ex]
Jon was away on business.[/ex]
4) [C] an organization that buys or sells products or services
a small family business[/ex]
Sheryl's parents run a small clothing business.[/ex]
After leaving school, Bob started his own computer business.[/ex]
5) [singular/U] something that you have to deal with
Disposing of chemicals can be a dangerous business.[/ex]
We've still got some unfinished business to settle (= things that need to be dealt with).[/ex]
6) [U] something that affects or involves a particular person and no one else
It's my business who I go out with.[/ex]
7) [singular] something that has happened, especially something that has caused problems
Ever since that business with her boyfriend, Becky's been really depressed.[/ex]
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get down to business — to start doing something that you need to do[/ex]
go out of business — if a company goes out of business, it stops doing business permanently, usually because it has failed[/ex]
have no business doing sth — to do something you should not do, because it does not affect or involve you at all[/ex]
You had no business reading my private papers.[/ex]
mean business — to be very serious about something you have to do[/ex]
This is not a game. We mean business.[/ex]
mind your own business — spoken a rude way of telling someone not to ask questions about something that you do not want them to know about[/ex]
'Where do you think you're going?' 'Mind your own business!'[/ex]
mind your own business — spoken used for telling someone rudely that you are not going to tell them about something because it does not affect or involve them[/ex]
'Who were you with last night?' 'Mind your own business.'[/ex]
See:
monkey business

Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.

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