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

But the more serious parts of this big business-government-intellectual coalition got to work finding other emergencies to justify not only continuing that kind of wartime federal control, but accelerating it. — Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026

Here’s hoping that it will soon be eliminated in big business. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026

Many progressives, led by Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont, also believe that a global oligarchy poses a threat to democracy and see big business in defense, technology, and finance as part of a corrupt system. — Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

But at In Salah, the companies saw an opportunity to try out a greener process — one that could become big business. — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for big business

• agribusiness
• nonbusiness