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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Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Crypto crime-fighting is big business.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Both Kalshi and its biggest rival, Polymarket, have turned prediction markets into big business by letting people wager on seemingly everything.
—Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
He’s been in big business, politics.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Feb. 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 12 Feb. 2026.
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