business: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with B · ends with S
Meaning of business
noun
- countable
A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
Example: I left my father's business.
- countable
A person's occupation, work, or trade.
Example: He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
- uncountable
Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
Example: He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
- uncountable
The volume or amount of commercial trade.
Example: Business has been slow lately.
Listed forms: businesses, biz, bisoness, businesse, busynesse, bizness, bidness.
Source: Wiktionary — business.
adj
Of, to, pertaining to, or used for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.
Example: Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone.
Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.
Listed forms: biz, bisoness, businesse, busynesse, bizness, bidness.
Source: Wiktionary — business.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for business.
noun
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
- concern
- business concern
- business organization
- business organisation
noun
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
- commercial enterprise
- business enterprise
noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- occupation
- job
- line of work
- line
noun
business concerns collectively
- business sector
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is business in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of business
B(3) + U(1) + S(1) + I(1) + N(1) + E(1) + S(1) + S(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of business
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from business
69 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in business. Showing up to 24, longest first.