big business
noun
Simple Definition of big business
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: large companies considered together as a powerful group
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: an activity or product that makes a large amount of money
Source: Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
Full Definition of big business
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.
1905
First Known Use of big business
1905
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