| accountant |
a person who checks and takes care of business records or accounts. |
| address |
the place where one lives or a business is located. The address has the street name and number, city, and state or province. [1/6 definitions] |
| administration |
All the people who do the work of directing or managing an organization or business are called its administration. [1/2 definitions] |
| administrator |
a person who manages, especially in business or public affairs. |
| advertise |
to present as good or favorable in order to win people's business or support. [1/3 definitions] |
| advertising |
the act, job, or business of designing and putting out notices to the public, usually in order to sell a product or service. [1/2 definitions] |
| affair |
(plural) public or business matters. [1/5 definitions] |
| agency |
a company or organization that does business in support of other companies or people. An agency helps people do things that are difficult or complicated to do just by themselves. [2/3 definitions] |
| airline |
a system of transportation that allows people to fly from one place to another, or a business that owns and operates the equipment to do this. |
| associate |
to come together as friends, business partners, or companions (often followed by "with"). [2/6 definitions] |
| bank2 |
a business for holding, borrowing, or exchanging money. [2/3 definitions] |
| base1 |
When a business bases its company somewhere, it sets it up there and uses it as its main place. [1/6 definitions] |
| bond |
a piece of paper that a government or business gives when it borrows money. A bond promises to repay the sum of money along with interest. [1/4 definitions] |
| bookkeeper |
the person who keeps the financial records for a business. |
| bookkeeping |
the practice of keeping records of the money taken in and paid out by a business. |
| boss1 |
A boss is a person who tells other people what to do at work. Sometimes a boss owns the business where people work and pays them for the job they do. [1/2 definitions] |
| break into |
If you break into a certain type of business, you are successful in entering it. If a singer breaks into show business, they have their first big success as a professional singer, and usually they continue to be successful. [1/3 definitions] |
| business |
A place where people make money by selling things or services is called a business. Restaurants, stores, and banks are all businesses. [4 definitions] |
| businessman |
a man who works in business, especially in a high position at a company. |
| businesswoman |
a woman who works in business. |
| butcher |
someone in the business of selling meat. [1/3 definitions] |