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 impact lands hardest on homeowners in suburbs where the tax base leans on a handful of big businesses. — Alex Nitkin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Now that Les Lalanne have proven themselves to be big business at auction houses, the question is whether their legacy can be seen as more than just design, but fine art. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

Surrogacy is a big business in which wealthy people use expensive lawyers and agencies to hire less wealthy people to bear their kids. — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026

In practice, Mamdani, who claims to loathe oligarchy and big business, is asking Amazon to destroy over 40 small businesses and subsume their economic power. — Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for big business

• agribusiness
• nonbusiness