the activity of buying and selling as a way of earning money
job, profession
Cases of word usage
1) a person whose profession is to keep and examine business accounts (accountant)
2) including all groups, members etc in a business or industry (across-the-board)
3) the control or management of the affairs of a government, business or organization (administration)
4) off the management of business or government affairs (administrative)
5) a person or business that represents, or that manages or arranges the affairs of, another or others (agent)
6) anything owned by a person, business etc that has money value and that may be sold to pay debts (asset)
7) a person joint with others in work, business or crime (associate)
8) a business for keeping money which is paid out when its customers write checks (bank)
9) the business of keeping a bank (banking)
10) (usually passive) to attack, cause trouble for, (a person, business etc) in several ways (beset)