appointment
assignment designation
naming | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position, the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee |
| assignment assigning | the act of distributing something to designated places or persons, the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum |
business stage business
byplay | incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect, his business with the cane was hilarious |
loose end
unfinished business | work that is left incomplete |
occupation
business
job
line of work
line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money, he's not in my line of business |
business life
professional life | a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities |
school assignment
schoolwork | a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher |
| reading assignment | the reading of a passage assigned by the teacher |
assignment
duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces), hazardous duty |
| monkey business | mischievous or deceitful behavior |
written assignment
writing assignment | an assignment to write something |
| assignment | an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) |
commercial enterprise
business enterprise
business | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects, computers are now widely used in business |
business activity
commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
| business | the volume of commercial activity, business is good today, show me where the business was today |
| land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
field
field of operation
line of business | a particular kind of commercial enterprise, they are outstanding in their field |
employee-owned enterprise
employee-owned business | a commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it |
| discount business | the business of selling merchandise at a discount |
| real-estate business | the business of selling real estate |
meatpacking
meat packing
meat-packing business | wholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers) |
| deal trade business deal | a particular instance of buying or selling, it was a package deal, I had no further trade with him, he's a master of the business deal |
| going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close, during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common |
airline
airline business
airway | a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers |
| business suit | a suit of clothes traditionally worn by businessmen |
line product line
line of products
line of merchandise
business line
line of business | a particular kind of product or merchandise, a nice line of shoes |
office
business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
place of business
business establishment | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
personal business
personal matters
affairs | matters of personal concern, get his affairs in order |
| business | a rightful concern or responsibility, it's none of your business, mind your own business |
| business | an immediate objective, gossip was the main business of the evening |
assumed name fictitious name
Doing Business As
DBA | (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation |
| business card | a card on which are printed the person's name and business affiliation |
agenda
agendum
order of business | a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) |
| assignment | the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another |
| business letter | a letter dealing with business |
| business index | a statistical compilation that provides a context for economic or financial conditions, this business index is computed relative to the base year of |
| business news | news about businesses and investments |
Master in Business
Master in Business Administration
MBA | a master's degree in business |
business cycle
trade cycle | recurring fluctuations in economic activity consisting of recession and recovery and growth and decline |
| business lunch | lunch (usually at a restaurant) where business is discussed and the cost is charged as a business expense |
business people
businesspeople | people who transact business (especially business executives) |
| business business sector | business concerns collectively, Government and business could not agree |
| big business | commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies, big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively |
firm
house business firm | the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments, he worked for a brokerage house |
manufacturer
maker
manufacturing business | a business engaged in manufacturing some product |
business
concern
business concern
business organization
business organisation | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it, he bought his brother's business, a small mom-and-pop business, a racially integrated business concern |
aluminum business
aluminum industry | manufacturers of aluminum considered as a group |
apparel industry
garment industry
fashion industry
fashion business
rag trade | makers and sellers of fashionable clothing |
| computer business | a business that manufactures and sells computers |