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businesses

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

STRONGEST

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

Example Sentences

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He added that if parking was provided, people might be more inclined to spend money with local businesses before returning home, so everyone "gets a bit of the cake".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

People accompanied immigrants to court hearings or took them into their homes or handed out know-your-rights cards at businesses, like my wife does at her restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That framework has a grim internal logic: when the economy improves, policy must restrain it before workers and businesses get too comfortable.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

The model is used to estimate the net change in monthly jobs created by the birth of new businesses and the closure of existing businesses.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Our leaders and citizen activists pushed local, state, and federal governments and businesses for chances for Colored citizens.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson