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plural of business.

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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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Rather than regulators discovering antitrust violations after probes lasting many years, the DMA gives businesses a list of what they can and cannot do online.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

The U.S. declined to extend its signature trade pact with Mexico and Canada on Wednesday, setting up a decadelong review process that casts uncertainty over businesses that move goods across the world’s busiest export borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

Most modern presidents sold businesses or placed them in independent trusts before taking office.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026

Alex Howell: In Kansas City, the World Cup has been adopted by pretty much all of the people I have spoken to and the local businesses.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Most of these businesses reopened, however, which led temperance workers to realize that they would have to change the laws.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling