Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Commercial operations organized and financed on a large scale: clashes between labor and big business.
Wiktionary
- n. sometimes capitalized Large, for-profit corporations collectively, understood as having significant economic, political, or social influence.
WordNet 3.0
- n. commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies
Examples
“Then one day, at the grocery store, I came across an issue of Time magazine that featured a cover story about the media frenzy and big business surrounding Selenas death.”
“Jay Gould, who became a sort of Napoleon of finance, early showed a talent for big business and power to deal with men.”
“She stopped at the Eighth Street Deli, which did a big business selling overpriced sandwiches to rich NYU students and professors.”
“Like the possible, oh so important election as a voting member to the super-exclusive Turf Club, or membership in the Hong Kong Golf Club or Cricket Club — or even the Club itself — or any of the other minor though equally exclusive clubs that were tightly controlled by the British tai-pans of great hongs where all the really big business was conducted.”
“As a result, labor activities were largely controlled, and big business groups known as chaebols were created.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
“The reports of messieurs the prefects are disquieting; the army is divided into Bonapartists and Republicans; the body of big business in Paris has pronounced against Henry V.”
“Certain senior senators would have loved to destroy your chances, but you are far too well known as a patron of honor and sincere supporter of big business (especially after your scrupulous honoring of all your promises in Africa).”
“In Philanthrocapitalism, Michael Green and I argue that big private philanthropies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and big business have crucial, though subtly different, roles to play in addressing todays big social challenges.”
“The bartender was doing a big business with mugs of sweet, mint-laced Southsiders.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘big business’.
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Buzzwords of our time
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big
big how it is used
be (also go) big ..., big agriculture, Big Bad Wolf, big band, big-bearded, big beat, big-bellied, Big Belly, big Bertha, big bluestem, big-bodied, bigbone and 105 more...
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Phrases from British novels, between ...
lust legs and lip..., lawner, clettering, cletter, big business, pointless, feckless, aimless, graceless, something nasty i..., cold comfort, mollock and 61 more...
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Foxtrot's list
afternoon delight, almost unreal, full of spark, dazzle n daze, alarming stride, rushing tide, double dagger, in the nude, constant pressure, widow maker, bourbon on the rocks, air fare holme and 311 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
Tweets
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BrainyBabe Actually, the capitals are important. This is the bull kept at ''Cold Comfort Farm'', the classic satire by Stella Gibbons. He services the cows (no straws for AI in those days) with the priceless names of Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless. Dec 22, 2008