Business
noun
A person's regular work or trade.
She is in the catering business
Often appears as...
- business owner
- business plan
noun
Trade considered in terms of its volume or profitability.
How is business?
Often appears as...
- business is booming
- business is slow
noun
The practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce.
He's in the tourism business
Often appears as...
- business venture
- doing business
noun
Matters to be attended to.
We'll discuss business after dinner
Often appears as...
- take care of business
- handle your business
noun
A serious matter or activity.
This is no laughing matter, this is serious business
Often appears as...
- serious business
- risky business
noun
A series of operations or tasks to be implemented by software.
The software handles all the business logic
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An organized effort to achieve a goal.
That's none of your business
Often appears as...
- mind your own business
- none of your business
noun
A person's regular work or trade.
She is in the catering business
Often appears as...
- business owner
- business plan
noun
Trade considered in terms of its volume or profitability.
How is business?
Often appears as...
- business is booming
- business is slow
noun
The practice of making one's living by engaging in commerce.
He's in the tourism business
Often appears as...
- business venture
- doing business
noun
Matters to be attended to.
We'll discuss business after dinner
Often appears as...
- take care of business
- handle your business
noun
A serious matter or activity.
This is no laughing matter, this is serious business
Often appears as...
- serious business
- risky business
noun
A series of operations or tasks to be implemented by software.
The software handles all the business logic
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An organized effort to achieve a goal.
That's none of your business
Often appears as...
- mind your own business
- none of your business
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Pro Tip 1/2Work Context
Use when talking about somebody's consistent area of work or career.
His business in the IT sector is thriving.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Collocations
Often goes with terms like 'owner', 'plan', and 'model' when discussing work.
She drafted a solid business plan for her startup.
Pro Tip 1/2Work Context
Use when talking about somebody's consistent area of work or career.
His business in the IT sector is thriving.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Collocations
Often goes with terms like 'owner', 'plan', and 'model' when discussing work.
She drafted a solid business plan for her startup.
Pro Tip 1/2Work Context
Use when talking about somebody's consistent area of work or career.
His business in the IT sector is thriving.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Collocations
Often goes with terms like 'owner', 'plan', and 'model' when discussing work.
She drafted a solid business plan for her startup.
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What gives a dollar bill...
and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.
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Sue's New System...
he's putting it in the plane and he's gonna fly off and get home safely very first feel sale go me on the new system it's very quiet it's very efficient like Bob said twice as fast on the delivery accurate as heck good and clean it's everything I want in the business to offer to somebody for this
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Mick Mountz: What...
pallets and cases of goo to retail stores. Of course Webvan went out of business, and about a year and a half later, I was still noodling on this problem. It was still nagging at me. And I started thinking about it again. And I said, let me just focus briefly on what I wanted as a pick worker,
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Bring on the learning...
because it's not about scaling a new solution; it's about creating a movement in education in which people develop their own solutions, but with external support based on a personalized curriculum. Now in this room, there are people who represent extraordinary resources in business,
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How exposing anonymous...
are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency. But still, it's a fight worth fighting.
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Why do airlines sell too...
Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it's full? Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses and institutions sell or book more than their full capacity.
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Upgrading management...
of management has simply not kept pace in other words business is rapidly involving and worked as not if we were to take apart this pie chart and replace the word email with memo this could represent the life of a worker one
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Your body language may...
We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology. So what nonverbals am I talking about? I'm a social psychologist. I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school,
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5 Amazing Animal...
being a sentry is a risky business as they are easy targets for predators but with young pups to protect they take greater risks by climbing higher here they can see predators earlier but are
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
Not easy, this levitation business, is it? Hello. Don't leave me hanging. That's it. We've equaled the world record. I now want to break the world record.
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What gives a dollar bill...
and a decrease in consumer spending would reduce business profits, leading to more unemployment and a further decrease in spending, causing the economy to keep shrinking. So most economists believe that while too much of either is dangerous, a small, consistent amount of inflation is necessary to encourage economic growth.
Video examples
Sue's New System...
he's putting it in the plane and he's gonna fly off and get home safely very first feel sale go me on the new system it's very quiet it's very efficient like Bob said twice as fast on the delivery accurate as heck good and clean it's everything I want in the business to offer to somebody for this
Video examples
Mick Mountz: What...
pallets and cases of goo to retail stores. Of course Webvan went out of business, and about a year and a half later, I was still noodling on this problem. It was still nagging at me. And I started thinking about it again. And I said, let me just focus briefly on what I wanted as a pick worker,
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
because it's not about scaling a new solution; it's about creating a movement in education in which people develop their own solutions, but with external support based on a personalized curriculum. Now in this room, there are people who represent extraordinary resources in business,
Video examples
How exposing anonymous...
are reluctant to lose business. And some of the most popular places for this practice are located not on remote, tropical tax shelters, but within the same advanced nations which claim to be leading the fight for global financial transparency. But still, it's a fight worth fighting.
Video examples
Why do airlines sell too...
Has a hotel turned down your reservation because it's full? Or have you been bumped off a flight that you paid for? These are all symptoms of overbooking, a practice where businesses and institutions sell or book more than their full capacity.
Video examples
Upgrading management...
of management has simply not kept pace in other words business is rapidly involving and worked as not if we were to take apart this pie chart and replace the word email with memo this could represent the life of a worker one
Video examples
Your body language may...
We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology. So what nonverbals am I talking about? I'm a social psychologist. I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school,
Video examples
5 Amazing Animal...
being a sentry is a risky business as they are easy targets for predators but with young pups to protect they take greater risks by climbing higher here they can see predators earlier but are
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
Not easy, this levitation business, is it? Hello. Don't leave me hanging. That's it. We've equaled the world record. I now want to break the world record.
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Mary J. Blige
American Musician
I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.
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Selena Gomez
American Actress
I've said a lot of things: I've said I'm never going to date someone in the business and that I'm never going to date someone outside the business.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
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John D. Rockefeller
American Businessman
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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Helen Keller
American Author
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
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Jane Austen
British Writer
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
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Alvin Ailey
American Dancer
In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.
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Mary J. Blige
American Musician
I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
You know, I look like a woman but I think like a man. And in this world of business, that has helped me a lot. Because by the time they think that I don't know what's goin' on, I then got the money, and gone.
Quote examples
Selena Gomez
American Actress
I've said a lot of things: I've said I'm never going to date someone in the business and that I'm never going to date someone outside the business.
Quote examples
Ice Cube
American Musician
When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.
Quote examples
Herbert Hoover
American President
It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.
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John D. Rockefeller
American Businessman
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
Quote examples
Helen Keller
American Author
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world.
Quote examples
Jane Austen
British Writer
Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.
Quote examples
Alvin Ailey
American Dancer
In this business, life is one long fund-raising effort.
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