- large commercial organizations collectively, esp when considered as exploitative or socially harmful
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big′ busi′ness,
- Businesslarge business, commercial, and financial firms taken collectively, esp. when considered as a group having shared attitudes and goals and exercising control over economic policy, politics, etc.
- Businessany large organization of a noncommercial nature resembling this.
- Businessany large business enterprise.
- 1900–05, American.
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big business n
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