big business

noun

Synonyms of big businessnext
1
: an economic group consisting of large profit-making corporations especially with regard to their influence on social or political policy
2
: a very profitable enterprise

Examples of big business in a Sentence

The tax proposal will be of most benefit to big business. Tourism is big business in the region.
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In hopes of forcing a sale, Trump has threatened to place tariffs on Denmark, which is home to a number of companies with big business in the U.S., such as the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, which makes Wegovy and Ozempic. — Louise Bokkenheuser, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025 Time will tell if this new hiring trend continues and the faces and leadership of the WNBA continues to transform, but there is no doubt that the WNBA has morphed into a big business. — Allison Smith, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025 The big business happened lower down the standings. — Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025 If this were to happen in reality, the very first thing is that every single government, every single big business would invent an alternative. — Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big business

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of big business was in 1905

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