All business synonyms
busiΒ·ness
B b noun business
- job β the central figure in an Old Testament parable of the righteous sufferer.
- company β A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- commerce β Commerce is the activities and procedures involved in buying and selling things.
- field β Cyrus West, 1819β92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
- work β Henry Clay, 1832β84, U.S. songwriter.
- trade β the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- firm β not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- shop β a retail store, especially a small one.
- corporation β A corporation is a large business or company.
- partnership β the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- factory β a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- store β an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- venture β an undertaking involving uncertainty as to the outcome, especially a risky or dangerous one: a mountain-climbing venture.
- house β a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- organization β the act or process of organizing.
- institution β an organization, establishment, foundation, society, or the like, devoted to the promotion of a particular cause or program, especially one of a public, educational, or charitable character: This college is the best institution of its kind.
- market β an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- transaction β the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- deal β If you say that you need or have a great deal of or a good deal of a particular thing, you are emphasizing that you need or have a lot of it.
- industry β the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- trading β the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- manufacturing β the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- problem β any question or matter involving doubt, uncertainty, or difficulty.
- issue β the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- interest β the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
- function β the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- livelihood β a means of supporting one's existence, especially financially or vocationally; living: to earn a livelihood as a tenant farmer.
- career β A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
- specialty β a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- calling β A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping other people.
- bag β A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- craft β You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- pursuit β the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- racket β a light bat having a netting of catgut or nylon stretched in a more or less oval frame and used for striking the ball in tennis, the shuttlecock in badminton, etc.
- line β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- vocation β a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling.
- occupation β a person's usual or principal work or business, especially as a means of earning a living; vocation: Her occupation was dentistry.
- biz β Biz is sometimes used to refer to the entertainment business, especially pop music or films.
- cartel β A cartel is an association of similar companies or businesses that have grouped together in order to prevent competition and to control prices.
- monopoly β exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- setup β Surveying. station (def 14a). a surveying instrument precisely positioned for observations from a station. a gap between the end of a chain or tape being used for a measurement and the point toward which it is laid.
- outfit β an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- syndicate β a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- mill β Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- trust β reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- concern β Concern is worry about a situation.
- selling β of or relating to a sale or sales: the selling price of oranges.
- undertaking β the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.