(n.) 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.
(n.) Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.
(n.) Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
(n.) That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
(n.) Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
(n.) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
(n.) Care; anxiety; diligence.
Example Sentences:
(1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
(2) Community owned and run local businesses are becoming increasingly common.
(3) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
(4) We want to be sure that the country that’s providing all the infrastructure and support to the business is the one that reaps the reward by being able to collect the tax,” he said.
(5) Meanwhile, reductions in tax allowances on dividends for company shareholders from £5,000 down to £2,000 represent another dent to the incomes of many business owners.
(6) In 2012, 20% of small and medium-sized businesses were either run solely or mostly by women.
(7) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
(8) Businesses fleeing Brexit will head to New York not EU, warns LSE chief Read more Amid attempts by Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin to catch possible fallout from London, Sir Jon Cunliffe said it was highly unlikely that any EU centre could replicate the services offered by the UK’s financial services industry.
(9) Richard Hill, deputy chief executive at the Homes & Communities Agency , said: "As social businesses, housing associations already have a good record of re-investing their surpluses to build new homes and improve those of their existing tenants.
(10) It has announced a four-stage programme of reforms that will tackle most of these stubborn and longstanding problems, including Cinderella issues such as how energy companies treat their small business customers.
(11) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
(12) Proposals to increase the tax on high-earning "non-domiciled" residents in Britain were watered down today, after intense lobbying from the business community.
(13) That is what needs to happen for this company, which started out as a rebellious presence in the business, determined to get credit for its creative visionaries.
(14) If black people could only sort out these self-inflicted problems themselves, everything would be OK. After all, doesn't every business say it welcomes job applicants from all backgrounds?
(15) In a new venture, BDJ Study Tours will offer a separate itinerary for partners on the Study Safari so whilst the business of dentistry gets under way they can explore additional sights in this fascinating country.
(16) "As part of this de-leveraging process, the group will also focus on eliminating any loss-making businesses."
(17) However, the City focused on the improvement in the fortunes of its Irish business, Ulster bank, and its new mini bad bank which led to a 1.8% rise in the shares to 368p.
(18) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
(19) The last time Vince Cable had a seat in the business department, it was during a high noon of industrial action and state interference in the economy.
(20) Martin Wheatley will remain head of the Conduct Business Unit and become the future chief executive of the FCA.
Showroom
Definition:
(n.) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.
(n.) A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Many businessmen like it.” At the entrance to Jiang’s swish showroom, customers are welcomed by posters of a cigar-smoking Winston Churchill and the Queen Mother, standing beside Land Rovers.
(2) Bert & May (his nickname is Bert, her middle name is May) stocks beautifully patterned, time-worn tiles along with reclaimed woods and marble at its east London showroom.
(3) Amazon has focused on undercutting recommended retail prices and has even provided price comparison apps that led to showrooming,” says Rayner.
(4) • circus-london.co.uk Chosen by Kitty Bang Bang Hackney Showroom Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Leviathon Show at Hackney Showroom.
(5) It is not irrelevant that Hamilton's father worked for a time as a demonstration driver for a car showroom in London's West End.
(6) It was like a showroom with coffins in it, you know?
(7) The oil boom has led to an influx of luxury brands and gleaming Rolls Royce showrooms and upmarket shopping malls studded with Gucci, Lacoste and Prada stores line the streets of downtown Baku.
(8) Some retailers such as Asos and Sports Direct have had strong sales figures, proving that those who keep up with the latest shopping habits – such as online, click and collect and showrooming – will be well placed to ride out the tough economic climate.
(9) Main Street, hollowed out by web-based competition, is increasingly viewed as a tool to be used by consumers “ showrooming” – browsing – before buying online for less.
(10) Photograph: Ambra Vernuccio Hackney Showroom is a DIY space that hosts cabaret, live art, variety, circus and performances: from Lasana Shabazz, Plains Plough, and the Disco Loco festival to weird bits of drag.
(11) Fiat made a valiant attempt to export cars to China, but the excursion stalled once Beijing's newly rich spotted the showrooms for Audi, BMW and Mercedes.
(12) "The introduction of a vehicle scrappage scheme will boost the new car market, encourage consumers to get back into car showrooms, and reduce the likelihood of employee downsizing in this sector," said Paul Williams, chairman of the Retail Motor Industry Federation.
(13) Its showrooms in Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Berkshire benefit from a customer base that is predominantly employed in the private sector and close to a Thames Valley corridor that hosts an array of multinationals.
(14) At the other end of the strip, green entrepreneurs displayed sustainable business ideas at two brightly illuminated showrooms.
(15) Around the city’s West Lake, a leafy tourist district where many of the G20’s leaders will sleep, red Chinese lanterns and Christmas lights hang from plane trees outside Ferrari and Aston Martin showrooms.
(16) On display in the showroom this week was a model priced at around $170,000 (£107,390).
(17) And this is one of Seat's biggest showrooms in Madrid.
(18) Shopping will change beyond recognition, with “ hyper showrooming ” the watchword – shops will become “emotional destinations”, products hidden away behind digital screens, and heavily tailored to individual taste, guided by algorithms and ultimately our own prior behaviour.
(19) But they like the idea of getting something newer and hipper, so they have come to a Mini showroom.
(20) Now they are smattered with artists' showrooms and craft workshops.