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nonbusiness

nonbusiness adjective: not a business, or unrelated to business.

Adjective

nonbusiness (not comparable)

  1. Not a business, or unrelated to business
    • But more than a third of those employers were nonbusiness entities, such as government agencies and nonprofits, the majority of which said they would observe the holiday.2007 January 14, Patrick Mcgeehan, “For Many, King’s Birthday Is Just Another Workday”, in New York Times

Noun

nonbusiness (plural nonbusinesses)

  1. An organisation that is not a business.

Forms of nonbusiness

Adjective
alternative formnon-business
Noun
pluralnonbusinesses

Origin of nonbusiness

From non- + business.

Questions about nonbusiness

What does nonbusiness mean?
Nonbusiness means not a business, or unrelated to business.
What part of speech is nonbusiness?
Nonbusiness can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonbusiness in the dictionary

  1. nonburnable
  2. nonburning
  3. nonburrowing
  4. nonbursate
  5. nonbursting
  6. nonbusiness
  7. nonbusinesses
  8. nonbusy
  9. nonbutter
  10. nonbuttered
  11. nonbutterfat

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