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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Jennifer Hussein, InStyle, 20 June 2026
The surveys are now big business.
—Ian King, CNBC, 17 June 2026
More than five decades later, his vision for offshore wind power is big business.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2026
For the past few years the AI story has been around big business.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for big business
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“Big business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20business. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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