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

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The prerelease tracking data available indicates that there’s enough room for both films to do big business. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 July 2026

While his brothers showed little interest, Dimon gravitated toward big business bets and used the simulation games to learn the fundamentals of stock picking and decision making. — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 29 July 2026

The safety nets that tend to catch big business in a crisis don't always reach those of us running the venues, restaurants and services that keep an area alive. — Yulia Fedorishina, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Downtown Lemont was filled with spectators and some of the restaurants and bars were doing big business. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for big business

• agribusiness
• nonbusiness