OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3116

business

/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bisnes • empresa • negociado • negocio
A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
I left my father's business.
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to…
negocio
A person's occupation, work, or trade.
He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
I'm going to Las Vegas on business.
negocio
Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
We do business all over the world.
afer • aferes • asunto • bisnes • incumbencia
Something involving one personally.
My work is no business of yours.
That's none of your business.