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business

nounid 1721·updated May 9, 2026
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A usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Organization75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
business concernbusiness enterprisebusiness organisationbusiness organizationbusiness sectorbyplayclientelecommercial enterpriseconcernoccupationpatronagestage business
alternatephrasing
Business
plural
businesses
possessive
business's
pluralpossessive
businesses'

Framework definitions

SEC IM Guidance Update: Cybersecurity Guidance, No. 2015-021 senseview framework →
§1
A usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood.
Wordset Dictionary9 sensesview framework →
§1
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
§2
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
§3
the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
§4
the volume of commercial activity
§5
a rightful concern or responsibility
§6
an immediate objective
§7
business concerns collectively
§8
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
§9
customers collectively

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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