OZDIC

business

UK /ˈbɪz.nɪs/ US /ˈbɪz.nɪs/
noun 5adj 3

Definitions

noun

1

A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

I left my father's business.

The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.

2

A person's occupation, work, or trade.

He is in the motor and insurance businesses.

I'm going to Las Vegas on business.

3

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.

4

The volume or amount of commercial trade.

Business has been slow lately.

They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.

5

One's dealings; patronage.

I shall take my business elsewhere.

adj

1

Of, to, pertaining to, or used 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.

They are solely business instruments. Every man's relation to them is purely a business relation. His use of them is purely a business use.

2

Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.

He is thoroughly business, but has the happy faculty of transacting it in a genial and courteous manner.

[…] and the transaction carried through in a thoroughly business manner.

3

Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

Amiens is a thoroughly business town, the business being chiefly with the flax-works.

According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

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