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plural of business.

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businesses

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job, profession n.
company, enterprise n.
commerce, trade n.
personal concern n.

NOUN

job, profession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

employment field trade work

STRONG

bag biz calling career craft dodge function game line livelihood occupation pursuit racket specialty vocation

WEAK

métier what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

entertainment fun pastime

STRONG

amusement avocation hobby recreation surrender

WEAK

unemployment

NOUN

company, enterprise

Synonyms

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corporation factory firm house institution market organization partnership shop store venture

STRONG

cartel concern establishment mill monopoly outfit setup syndicate trust

WEAK

Mom and Pop fly-by-night operation megacorp shoestring operation

Antonyms

WEAK

avocation recreation unemployment

NOUN

commerce, trade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deal industry manufacturing market trading transaction

STRONG

affairs bargaining barter commercialism contracts dealings exchange game industrialism merchandising racket sales selling traffic undertaking

WEAK

buying and selling capital and labor free enterprise production and distribution

Antonyms

WEAK

avocation recreation unemployment

NOUN

personal concern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

interest issue problem

STRONG

affair assignment beeswax duty function happening lookout matter palaver point question responsibility subject task topic

WEAK

carrying on goings-on hanky-panky

Antonyms

STRONG

irresponsibility

WEAK

avocation recreation unemployment

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businesses

The BBC also heard from a law enforcement whistleblower who, speaking anonymously, revealed it was a struggle to identify the real owners of businesses caught with illegal workers.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Over the past 18 months, the BBC has carried out a wider probe into illegal working and criminality linked to some High Street businesses, including mini-marts and barbershops.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Police officers remain in the area carrying out patrols and speaking with residents, young people and local businesses.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The company’s third-quarter revenue rose 5.6% to $73.68 billion, driven by growth in its healthcare and pharmacy-benefit businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Some had businesses, and some owned plantations that were worked by enslaved Africans.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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