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Business Refer Work Activity Area Aim Make Profit

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You can use b_______ to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit .You can use business to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit .
May I ask you what business you're in?
...the music business.
word business
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Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
...young people seeking a career in business.
Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.
...Harvard Business School.
Business is used when talking about how many products or services a company is able to sell. If business is good, a lot of products or services are being sold and if business is bad, few of them are being sold.
They worried that German companies would lose business.
Business is booming.
A business is an organization which produces and sells goods or which provides a service.
The company was a family business.
The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months.
He was short of cash after the collapse of his business.
Business is work or some other activity that you do as part of your job and not for pleasure .
I'm here on business.
You can't mix business with pleasure.
...business trips.
You can use business to refer to a particular area of work or activity in which the aim is to make a profit .
May I ask you what business you're in?
...the music business.
You can use business to refer to something that you are doing or concerning yourself with.
...recording Ben as he goes about his business.
There was nothing left for the teams to do but get on with the business of racing.
You can use business to refer to important matters that you have to deal with.
The most important business was left to the last.
I've got some unfinished business to attend to.
If you say that something is your business, you mean that it concerns you personally and that other people have no right to ask questions about it or disagree with it.
My sex life is my business.
If she doesn't want the police involved, that's her business.
It's not our business.
You can use business to refer in a general way to an event, situation, or activity. For example, you can say something is 'a wretched business' or you can refer to 'this assassination business'.
We have sorted out this wretched business at last.
This whole business is very puzzling.
You can use business when describing a task that is unpleasant in some way. For example, if you say that doing something is a costly business, you mean that it costs a lot.
Coastal defence is a costly business.
Parenting can be a stressful business.
inflections businesses
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