disregard neglect | willful lack of care and attention |
child neglect | failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child |
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 |
monkey business | mischievous or deceitful behavior |
negligence carelessness neglect nonperformance | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances |
neglect of duty | (law) breach of a duty |
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 |
negligence neglect neglectfulness | the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern |
delinquency dereliction willful neglect | a tendency to be negligent and uncaring, he inherited his delinquency from his father, his derelictions were not really intended as crimes, his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities |
personal business personal matters affairs | matters of personal concern, get his affairs in order |
disregard neglect | lack of attention and due care |
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) |
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 |
entertainment industry show business show biz | those involved in providing entertainment: radio and television and films and theater |