business

Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk business 7342 6821494 2009-06-18T21:11:57Z Kasmil 188623 t+sw:[[biashara]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]]) {{wikipedia|dab=business (disambiguation)|business}} ==English== {{rank|lost|human|kept|382|business|mean|manner|following}} ===Etymology=== {{suffix|busy|ness}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈbɪzˌnəs/}} or {{IPAchar|/ˈbɪzˌnɪs/}}, {{SAMPA|/"bIzn@s/}} or ''/"bIznIs/'' * {{audio|en-us-business.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{hyphenation|busi|ness}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|es|-}} # {{countable}} A specific [[commercial]] [[enterprise]] or [[establishment]]. #: ''I was left my father's '''business'''.'' # {{countable}} A person's [[occupation]], [[work]], or [[trade]]. #: ''He is in the motor '''business'''.'' #: ''I'm going to Las Vegas on '''business'''.'' # {{uncountable}} [[commercial|Commercial]], [[industrial]], or [[professional]] activity. #: ''He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in '''business'''!'' #: ''We do '''business''' all over the world.'' # {{uncountable}} The [[volume]] or [[amount]] of commercial trade. #: '''''Business''' has been slow lately.'' # {{uncountable}} One's dealings; [[patronage]]. #: ''I shall take my '''business''' elsewhere.'' # {{uncountable}} Private [[commercial]] [[interest]]s taken collectively. #: ''This proposal will satisfy both '''business''' and labor.'' # {{uncountable}} The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management. #: ''I studied '''business''' at Harvard.'' # {{countable}} A particular [[situation]] or [[activity]]. #: ''This UFO stuff is a mighty strange '''business'''.'' # {{countable}} An [[objective]] or a matter needing to be [[deal with|dealt with]]. #: ''Our principal '''business''' here is to get drunk.'' #: ''Let's get down to '''business'''.'' # {{uncountable}} Something involving one [[personally]]. #: ''That's none of your '''business'''.'' # {{uncountable|parliamentary procedure}} Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action. #: ''If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new '''business'''.'' # {{travel|uncountable}} [[business class|Business class]], the class of seating provided by airlines between [[first class]] and [[coach]]. #* {{quote-book|1992|James Wallace and Jim Erickson|Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire|page=154|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=h1hPAAAAMAAJ |passage=Gates, who always flew '''business''' or coach, didn't particularly like the high air fares Nishi was charging to Microsoft, {{...}} }} # {{acting}} Action carried out with a [[prop]] or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene. #* {{quote-book|1983|Peter Thomson|Shakespeare's Theatre|page=155|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1kQ-AAAAIAAJ|isbn=0710203829 |passage= The '''business''' with the hat is a fine example of the difficulty of distinguishing between 'natural' and 'formal' acting.}} # {{countable|rare}} The [[collective noun]] for a group of [[ferrets]]. #* {{quote-book|2004|[[w:Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan]]|The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades|page=252|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jEVRHh4y6NUC|isbn=0060555114 |passage=I'm sure his goons will go through the ship like a '''business''' of ferrets, and they'll want to look in our baggage. }} # {{uncountable|slang|British}} Something very [[good]]; [[top]] [[quality]]. (possibly from "the bee's knees") #: ''These new phones are the '''business'''! # {{slang|uncountable}} [[excrement|Excrement]], particularly that of a non-human animal. #: ''Your ferret left his '''business''' all over the floor.'' ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top}} * [[agribusiness]] * [[big business]] * [[business as usual]] * [[business analyst]] * [[business architect]] * [[business before pleasure]] * [[business card]] * [[business class]] * [[business day]] * [[business deal]] * [[business economics]] * [[business end]] * [[business English]] * [[business ethics]] * [[business failure]] * [[business girl]] * [[business intelligence]] * [[business lunch]] * [[business model]] * [[business name]] * [[business plan]] * [[business practice]] * [[business record]] * [[business risk]] * [[business trip]] {{rel-mid}} * [[business trust]] * [[business unit]] * [[business venture]] * [[businesslike]] * [[businessman]] * [[businessperson]] * [[businesswoman]] * [[business-to-business]] * [[do business]] * [[e-business]] * [[family business]] * [[funny business]] * [[get down to business]] * [[line of business]] * [[mean business]] * [[mind one's own business]] * [[monkey business]] * [[order of business]] * [[out of business]] * [[personal business]] * [[place of business]] * [[show business]] * [[small business]] * [[take care of business]] * [[unfinished business]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|commercial enterprise or establishment}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|podnik|m}} * Danish: {{t-|da|forretning|c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|bedrijf|n}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|liike}}, {{t+|fi|yritys}} * Hebrew: [[עסק]] ('eseq) {{m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|дејност|f|tr=déjnost|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|occupation, work or trade of a person}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[عمل]]}} {{IPAchar|(ʕámal)}}, {{Arab|[[تجارة]]}} {{IPAchar|(tajára)}}, {{Arab|[[مشروع]]}} {{IPAchar|(mašrúʕ)}} * [[Catalan]]: [[negoci]] {{m}} * Chinese: [[商业]] (shāng yè) * Czech: {{t+|cs|obchod}} * Danish: {{t-|da|branche|c}} * Dutch: [[zaken]] {{f|p}}, [[zakenleven]] {{n}} * Estonian: [[äri]] * Finnish: {{t+|fi|ammatti}} (''occupation''), {{t+|fi|työ}} (''work''), {{t|fi|ala}} (''trade'') * French: {{t+|fr|affaire}} * Hebrew: [[עסקים]] ('asaqym) {{m|p}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|üzlet}} * Indonesian: [[bisnis]], [[urus|urusan]] {{trans-mid}} * [[Interlingua]]: [[negotios]] {{p}}, [[affaires]] {{p}} * Japanese: [[ビジネス]] (bijinesu), [[業務]] ([[ぎょうむ]], gyōmu), [[商売]] ([[しょうばい]], [[shōbai]]) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|занимање|n|tr=zanímanje|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}}, {{t-|mk|работа|f|tr=rábota|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Maltese: [[negozjant]] {{m}}, [[negozjanta]] {{f}} * Polish: [[zajęcie]] {{n}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|negócios|m|p}} * Romanian: [[afacere]] {{f}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|negocio|m}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} * [[Telugu]]: [[వ్యాపారము]] * Thai: {{Thai|[[กงกาง]]}} (gong gaang) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|commercial, industrial or professional activity}} * Danish: {{t-|da|forretning|c}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|vak|n}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|liiketoiminta}} {{trans-mid}} * Maltese: [[negozju]] * Polish: [[biznes]] {{m}} * Swahili: {{t+|sw|biashara|xs=Swahili}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|volume or amount of commercial trade}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|zaken|f|p}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|kauppa}} {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[景気]] (keiki) * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|промет|m|tr=prómet|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|patronage}} * Dutch: [[klandizie]] {{f}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asiakkuus}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|private commercial interests taken collectively}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|elinkeinoelämä}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|management of commercial enterprises}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|liikkeenjohto}}, {{t|fi|bisnes}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|particular situation or activity}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asia}}, {{t|fi|juttu}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|objective or a matter needing to be dealt with}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asia}}, {{t|fi|tehtävä}} (''task''} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|something involving one personally}} * Czech: {{t-|cs|záležitost|f}}, {{t+|cs|věc|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|zaken|f|p}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asia}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|работа|f|tr=rábota|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|matters that come before a body for deliberation or action}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asiat|p}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|business class}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|bisnes}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|collective noun for a group of ferrets}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|lauma}} {{trans-mid}} * Swahili: {{t|sw|biashara}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|slang: something very good}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asia}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}}  {{trans-top|slang: excrement}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|asia}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * [[Appendix: Animals]] * [[Appendix:Collective nouns]] [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:English collective nouns]] ---- ==Finnish== ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|en|fi}} {{term|business|lang=en}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|lang=fi|[ˈbisnis]}} ===Noun=== {{infl|fi|noun}} # [[#English|business]] (commercial enterprise) ====Declension==== {{fi-decl-risti|business}} ====Synonyms==== * [[bisnes]] ---- ==Italian== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|en|it}} ===Noun=== {{infl|it|noun}} {{m|inv}} # [[#English|business]] (commercial enterprise) [[Category:Italian nouns]] ---- ==Tatar== ===Etymology=== Late loanword from {{etyl|en|tt}}. ===Noun=== '''business''' # [[business#English|business]] ====Declension==== {{tt-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan}} ===References=== [http://www2.azatliq.org/news/local/tb/archives/2006/10/23.ASP#537926 business 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