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big business

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
big business noun
big business
noun
Learner's definition of BIG BUSINESS
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: large companies considered together as a powerful group大企业
: an activity or product that makes a large amount of money大生意;赚钱的产品
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big business

noun

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

Example Sentences

The tax proposal will be of most benefit to big business. Tourism is big business in the region.
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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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