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business

noun
  1. Activity pursued as a livelihood: art, calling, career, craft, employment, job, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work. Slang: racket. Archaic: employ. See action
  2. Commercial, industrial, or professional activity in general: commerce, industry, trade, trading, traffic. See action
  3. A commercial organization: company, concern, corporation, enterprise, establishment, firm 2, house. Informal: outfit. See group
  4. The commercial transactions of customers with a supplier: custom, patronage, trade, traffic. See transactions
  5. Something that concerns or involves one personally: affair, concern, lookout. See relevant
  6. Something to be done, considered, or dealt with: affair, matter, thing. See thing

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