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businesse

businesse is the obsolete spelling of business.

Meaning of business

Noun

business (countable and uncountable, plural businesses)

  1. (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
    • I left my father's business.
    Synonyms:
    company, enterprise, firm
  2. (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
    • He is in the motor and insurance businesses.
  3. (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
    • He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!
  4. (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
    • Business has been slow lately.
  5. (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
    • I shall take my business elsewhere.
  6. (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
    • This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.

See all 22 meanings of business

Forms of businesse

pluralbusinesses

Questions about businesse

What is businesse the obsolete spelling of?
Businesse is the obsolete spelling of business.

Words near businesse in the dictionary

  1. business-to-consumer
  2. business-to-employee
  3. business-to-institutions
  4. businesscrat
  5. businesscrats
  6. businesse
  7. businesses
  8. businessese
  9. businessfolk
  10. businessfolks
  11. businessless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: businesse (page history and authors); business (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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