How to pronounce “the business”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
• (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
• (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
• (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
• (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
• (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
• (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
• (countable) A particular situation or activity.
• (countable) Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.
• (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
• (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
• (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.
• (acting, theater) Ellipsis of stage business (“aspect of acting”).
• (Los Angeles, informal, with the) Hollywood, the entertainment industry.
• (slang, with the) Prostitution.
• (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
• (slang, British, with the) Something very good; top quality.
• (slang, uncountable) The act of defecation, or the excrement itself, particularly that of a non-human animal.
• (slang) Disruptive shenanigans.
• (Australian Aboriginal) Matters.
• [Adjective]
• Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
• Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
• Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

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