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