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.
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Consider the broad expanse of what’s happening right now in tech that’s created a much more fecund world, one that has gone from novelty to big business.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
If the hidden money and firehose of lies behind Florida’s failed 2024 ballot initiatives on reproductive freedom and marijuana are an indication, big business and politicians dependent on their cash would move heaven and earth to keep it off the ballot.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The three-day event is big business for the beach.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
It's been an eventful first month on the job for Pat Lyons, the new athletic director at the University of Rhode Island, who takes the reins in Kingston during a volatile time in college sports, with the billions of dollars available in media rights turning the NCAA into a conduit for big business.
—Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026
If the hidden money and firehose of lies behind Florida’s failed 2024 ballot initiatives on reproductive freedom and marijuana are an indication, big business and politicians dependent on their cash would move heaven and earth to keep it off the ballot.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The three-day event is big business for the beach.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
It's been an eventful first month on the job for Pat Lyons, the new athletic director at the University of Rhode Island, who takes the reins in Kingston during a volatile time in college sports, with the billions of dollars available in media rights turning the NCAA into a conduit for big business.
—Kathleen Hill, The Providence Journal, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20business. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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