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How to pronounce businesses in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern
Type of enterprise
Has types manufacturing business, house, underperformer, agency, manufacturer, dealership, shipbuilder, brokerage, chain, common carrier, carrier, firm, business firm, processor, partnership, maker, franchise


he bought his brother's business.
a small mom-and-pop business.
a racially integrated business concern.
Type Words
Synonyms byplay, stage business
Type of performing, playacting, acting, playing
Has types schtick, shtik, shtick, schtik


his business with the cane was hilarious.
Type Words
Synonyms job, line, line of work, occupation
Type of activity
Has types employment, craft, confectionery, medium, salt mine, land, game, farming, biz, office, metier, photography, place, profession, position, post, work, situation, sport, spot, billet, catering, accountancy, berth, trade, appointment, treadmill, career, accounting, calling, vocation


he's not in my line of business.
Type Words
Synonyms business sector
Type of sector
Has types big business


Government and business could not agree.
Type Words
Synonyms clientele, patronage
Type of people
Type Words
Synonyms business enterprise, commercial enterprise
Type of commercialism, commerce, mercantilism
Has types tourism, advertising, agribusiness, agriculture, building, butchering, butchery, construction, discount business, employee-owned business, employee-owned enterprise, factory farm, field, field of operation, finance, fishing, industry, line of business, manufacture, packaging, printing, publication, publicizing, publishing, real-estate business, shipping, storage, touristry, transport, transportation, venture


computers are now widely used in business.
Type Words
Type of target, object, objective, aim
Has types occasions


gossip was the main business of the evening.
Type Words
Type of vexation, worry, concern, headache


it's none of your business.
mind your own business.
Type Words
Type of commercial activity, business activity
Has types patronage, land-office business, trade


business is good today.
show me where the business was today.

Examples of businesses

businesses
These types of vehicles are used by construction companies and small businesses.
From the tennessean.com
Restaurants traditionally have led other types of businesses out of a recession.
From the dailyherald.com
There won't necessarily be losers, but some businesses still will be struggling.
From the dailyherald.com
Muddy water is still sloshing through 400 houses and 150 businesses in the city.
From the newsday.com
Businesses are restocking their shelves in anticipation of more consumer demand.
From the thenewstribune.com
Fliers with his photo were posted on businesses poles and trees across the city.
From the thenewstribune.com
Businesses located in the zones receive sweet tax breaks, courtesy of the state.
From the sacbee.com
The lean times at Sky Star are echoed by Iranian-linked businesses across Dubai.
From the sacbee.com
Harper said he and his staff get requests for help from businesses of all kinds.
From the news-journalonline.com
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  • 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"
  • Commercial enterprise: the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
  • Occupation: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
  • A rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
  • An immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening"
  • The volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"
  • A business (also known as acompany, enterprise, and firm') is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods or services, or both, to consumers, businesses and governmental entities. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies. Most businesses are privately owned. ...
  • Business is the debut EP from New Jersey, Pop-Rock band Jet Lag Gemini, Official Website. Recorded in Madison, NJ at Northshore Studios when two of the band members were still 15 years old, the EP was released June 6, 2006 on Doghouse Records.
  • Business (Russian: u0411u0438u0301u0437u043Du0435u0441; Ukrainian: u0411u0456u0437u043Du0435u0441) is a Ukrainian Russian-language weekly business newspaper published every Monday.