English > commercial enterprise: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects. |
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| Synonyms | business enterprise, business |
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| Category of | administration, disposal | A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) |
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| bankroll, roll | A roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) |
| business | The volume of commercial activity |
| business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation | A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it |
| business, business sector | business concerns collectively |
| business people, businesspeople | People who transact business (especially business executives) |
| capitalist | A person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) |
| chain | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership |
| copartner | A joint partner (as in a business enterprise) |
| dull, slow, sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk |
| establishment | A public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence |
| film, cinema, celluloid | A medium that disseminates moving pictures |
| gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house | A public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) |
| hostile | unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business) |
| intangible | (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value |
| operation | The activity of operating / operating something (a machine or business etc.) |
| overcapitalization, overcapitalisation | (business) too much capitalization / capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants) |
| privatize, privatise | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
| shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness | intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
| stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums | A state of inactivity (in business or art etc) |
| tangible | (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value |
| Part of | market, marketplace, market place | The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold |
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| Parts | business activity, commercial activity | Activity undertaken as part of a commercial ... / commercial enterprise |
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| Narrower | advertising, publicizing | The business of drawing public attention to goods and services |
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| agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm | A large-scale farming enterprise |
| butchery, butchering | The business of a butcher |
| construction, building | The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones |
| discount business | The business of selling merchandise at a discount |
| employee-owned enterprise, employee-owned business | A commercial ... / commercial enterprise owned by the people who work for it |
| field, field of operation, line of business | A particular kind of commercial enterprise |
| finance | The commercial activity of providing funds and capital |
| fishing | The occupation of catching fish for a living |
| industry, manufacture | The organized action of making of goods and services for sale |
| packaging | The business of packing |
| printing | The business of producing printed material for sale or distribution |
| publication, publishing | The business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution |
| real-estate business | The business of selling real estate |
| storage | The commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials |
| tourism, touristry | The business of providing services / services to tourists |
| transportation, shipping, transport | The commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials |
| venture | A commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit |
| Broader | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
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| Spanish | empresa, negocio, negocios |
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| Catalan | empresa, negoci, negocis |
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