Business vs. Busyness
Difference Between Business and Busyness
Businessnoun
(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
I was left my father's business.Busynessnoun
The state of being busy.
Businessnoun
(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
He is in the motor and insurance businesses.I'm going to Las Vegas on business.Busynessnoun
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;
they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beaversthere is a constant hum of military preparationBusinessnoun
(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!We do business all over the world.Businessnoun
(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
Business has been slow lately.They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.Businessnoun
(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
I shall take my business elsewhere.Businessnoun
(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.Businessnoun
(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
I studied business at Harvard.Businessnoun
(countable) A particular situation or activity.
This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.Businessnoun
(countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
Our principal business here is to get drunk.Let's get down to business.Businessnoun
(uncountable) Something involving one personally.
That's none of your business.Businessnoun
Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.Businessnoun
Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
Businessnoun
(acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
Businessnoun
The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
Businessnoun
Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")
These new phones are the business!Businessnoun
Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
Your ferret left his business all over the floor.As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.Businessadjective
Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
"Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone."Businessadjective
Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
Businessadjective
Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
Businessnoun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;
he bought his brother's businessa small mom-and-pop businessa racially integrated business concernBusinessnoun
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;
computers are now widely used in businessBusinessnoun
business concerns collectively;
Government and business could not agreeBusinessnoun
the volume of business activity;
business is good todayshow me where the business was todayBusinessnoun
a rightful concern or responsibility;
it's none of your businessmind your own businessBusinessnoun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;
he's not in my line of businessBusinessnoun
an immediate objective;
gossip was the main business of the eveningBusinessnoun
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;
his business with the cane was hilariousBusinessnoun
customers collectively;
they have an upper class clientele
