Business vs. Establishment

Businessnoun

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

‘I was left my father's business.’;

Establishmentnoun

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

‘Since their establishment of the company in 1984, they have grown into a global business.’;

Businessnoun

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.

‘He is in the motor and insurance businesses.’; ‘I'm going to Las Vegas on business.’;

Establishmentnoun

The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.

‘The firm celebrated twenty years since their establishment by updating their look.’;

Businessnoun

(uncountable) 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.’;

Establishmentnoun

That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.

‘Pedro's is a fine establishment serving a variety of delicious food.’; ‘Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.’;

Businessnoun

(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.

‘Business has been slow lately.’; ‘They did nearly a million dollars of business over the long weekend.’;

Establishmentnoun

(slang) The establishment: the ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Sometimes capitalized: the Establishment.

‘It's often necessary to question the establishment to get things done.’;

Businessnoun

(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.

‘I shall take my business elsewhere.’;

Establishmentnoun

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.

‘This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.’;

Establishmentnoun

The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

‘I studied business at Harvard.’;

Establishmentnoun

That which is established;

‘Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.’;

Businessnoun

(countable) A particular situation or activity.

‘This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.’;

Establishmentnoun

the act of forming something;

‘the constitution of a PTA group last year’; ‘it was the establishment of his reputation’; ‘he still remembers the organization of the club’;

Businessnoun

(countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.

‘Our principal business here is to get drunk.’; ‘Let's get down to business.’;

Establishmentnoun

an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

Businessnoun

(uncountable) Something involving one personally.

‘That's none of your business.’;

Establishmentnoun

the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

‘he claims that the present administration is corrupt’; ‘the governance of an association is responsible to its members’; ‘he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment’;

Businessnoun

Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.

‘If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.’;

Establishmentnoun

a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

Businessnoun

Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.

Establishmentnoun

any large organization

Businessnoun

(acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.

Establishmentnoun

(ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

Businessnoun

The collective noun for a group of ferrets.

Establishmentnoun

the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

Businessnoun

Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")

‘These new phones are the business!’;

Establishmentnoun

the action of establishing something or being established

‘the establishment of an independent government’;

Businessnoun

Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.

‘Your ferret left his business all over the floor.’; ‘As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.’;

Establishmentnoun

a marriage

‘her chief solicitude was to procure an affluent establishment for their daughter’;

Businessadjective

Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.

‘"Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone."’;

Establishmentnoun

a business organization, public institution, or household

‘hotels or catering establishments’;

Businessadjective

Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.

Establishmentnoun

a group in a society exercising power and influence over matters of policy, opinion, or taste, and seen as resisting change

‘he scandalized the Establishment of his day’; ‘she became an establishment figure’;

Businessadjective

Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

Establishmentnoun

an influential group within a specified profession or area of activity

‘rumblings of discontent among the medical establishment’;

Businessnoun

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.

‘Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?’;

Establishmentnoun

the ecclesiastical system organized by law.

Businessnoun

Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.

Establishmentnoun

the Church of England or of Scotland.

Businessnoun

Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

‘It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business.’;

Businessnoun

That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

‘The daughter of the King of France,On serious business, craving quick despatch,Importunes personal conference.’; ‘What business has the tortoise among the clouds?’;

Businessnoun

Affair; concern; matter; - used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.

‘It was a gentle business, and becomingThe action of good women.’; ‘BestowYour needful counsel to our business.’;

Businessnoun

The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

Businessnoun

Care; anxiety; diligence.

Businessnoun

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’;

Businessnoun

the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;

‘computers are now widely used in business’;

Businessnoun

business concerns collectively;

‘Government and business could not agree’;

Businessnoun

the volume of business activity;

‘business is good today’; ‘show me where the business was today’;

Businessnoun

a rightful concern or responsibility;

‘it's none of your business’; ‘mind your own business’;

Businessnoun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;

‘he's not in my line of business’;

Businessnoun

an immediate objective;

‘gossip was the main business of the evening’;

Businessnoun

incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;

‘his business with the cane was hilarious’;

Businessnoun

customers collectively;

‘they have an upper class clientele’;

Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). Simply put, it is Having a business name does not separate the business entity from the owner, which means that the owner of the business is responsible and liable for debts incurred by the business.

‘any activity or enterprise entered into for profit.’;