business in WordNet English dictionary

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