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big business

noun

  1. large business, commercial, and financial firms taken collectively, especially when considered as a group having shared attitudes and goals and exercising control over economic policy, politics, etc.

  2. any large organization of a noncommercial nature resembling this.

  3. any large business enterprise.



big business

noun

  1. large commercial organizations collectively, esp when considered as exploitative or socially harmful

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

big business

  1. Large corporations, as opposed to small individually or family-owned businesses.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of big business1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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"Newport, at least for the last 10 years or so, has really put that focus on big business to the detriment of independents," he argued.

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"Housing shouldn't be big business. Yes, this is his property, but it's my house."

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The White House is currently hemmed in by its own bond markets, retailers, big business, many individual states and now its courts on this policy.

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“I hope that this serves as the catalyst for other retailers and brands and big businesses and small businesses to come back to the Palisades, Malibu, Altadena and Pasadena,” Walker said in an interview.

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They join a growing list of big businesses warning about the impact of US tariffs on their companies and the wider economy.

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