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Noun business has 9 senses

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"
--₁ is a kind of enterprise
--₁ has members: division
--₁ has particulars:
agency; brokerage; carrier, common carrier; chain; firm, house, business firm; franchise, dealership; manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business; partnership; processor; shipbuilder; underperformer

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"
--₂ is a kind of commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
--₂ is a part of market, marketplace
--₂ has parts: business activity, commercial activity
--₂ has particulars:

business, business sector - business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree"
--₃ is a kind of sector
--₃ has particulars: big business
business - the volume of business activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
--₄ is a kind of business activity, commercial activity
--₄ has particulars: trade, patronage; land-office business
business - a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
--₅ is a kind of concern, worry, headache, vexation

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"
--₆ is a kind of activity
--₆ has particulars:

sport; farming, land; game, biz; career, calling, vocation; employment, work; appointment; position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation; treadmill, salt mine; trade, craft; profession; metier, medium; accountancy, accounting; photography; catering

business - an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
--₇ is a kind of aim, object, objective, target
--₇ has particulars: occasions
business, stage business, byplay - incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
--₈ is a kind of acting, playing, playacting, performing
--₈ has particulars: shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
clientele, patronage, business - customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele"
--₉ is a kind of people