See business on Wiktionary
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{ "forms": [ { "form": "business", "tags": [ "singular" ] }, { "form": "businesses", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "2": "businesses" }, "expansion": "[POS TABLE]", "name": "noun" } ], "hyphenation": "busi‧ness", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "I am in the business of catching fish and selling them." }, { "text": "The tax changes will be hard for small business." }, { "text": "It's difficult to learn good business practices on your own." }, { "text": "The company is a leader in the banking business." } ], "glosses": [ "Business is the buying and selling of things or services." ], "raw_tags": [ "uncountable" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "commerce" }, { "word": "trade" } ] }, { "categories": [ "Countable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "Many businesses use computers." }, { "text": "Darren became half owner of the family business." }, { "text": "He was a silent partner in the printing business." }, { "text": "It was the perfect place for a start-up business." } ], "glosses": [ "A business is a group that does business; a company." ], "raw_tags": [ "countable" ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "company" } ] }, { "categories": [ "Uncountable nouns" ], "examples": [ { "text": "They went on with business as usual." }, { "text": "We have one more piece of unfinished business to look at before we leave." } ], "glosses": [ "Business is the things that you have to do." ], "raw_tags": [ "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈbɪz.nɪs/" }, { "audio": "en-us-business.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ] } ], "word": "business" }
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