business end
noun
: the end with, from, or through which a thing's function is fulfilled
the business end of a revolver
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Deciding where your business ends and your personal life begins.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Her husband, who was able to quit his job after Hexed really took off, helps her with the business end of authorship, as well as the — ahem — business end of writing male characters, too.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Favorites Argentina and Colombia met in the final as the tournament reaches its business end in the United States with Lionel Messi’s running out winners to take the overall record outright with 16 titles.
—Ben Burrows, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
On a rainy September night, the truck rumbled onto the infield of the Rockford Speedway in Illinois, stopping with its business end about 10 feet from a junk minibus.
—John Keilman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Her husband, who was able to quit his job after Hexed really took off, helps her with the business end of authorship, as well as the — ahem — business end of writing male characters, too.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Favorites Argentina and Colombia met in the final as the tournament reaches its business end in the United States with Lionel Messi’s running out winners to take the overall record outright with 16 titles.
—Ben Burrows, The Athletic, 6 July 2024
On a rainy September night, the truck rumbled onto the infield of the Rockford Speedway in Illinois, stopping with its business end about 10 feet from a junk minibus.
—John Keilman, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for business end
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“Business end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20end. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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