chiffre d affaires

Phonetic: "/ˈbɪd.nəs/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

Example: I was left my father's business.

Definition: A person's occupation, work, or trade.

Example: He is in the motor and insurance businesses.

Definition: Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.

Example: He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!

Definition: The volume or amount of commercial trade.

Example: Business has been slow lately.

Definition: One's dealings; patronage.

Example: I shall take my business elsewhere.

Definition: Private commercial interests taken collectively.

Example: This proposal will satisfy both business and labor.

Definition: The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

Example: I studied business at Harvard.

Definition: A particular situation or activity.

Example: This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business.

Definition: Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.

Example: Let's get down to business.

Definition: Something involving one personally.

Example: That's none of your business.

Definition: (parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.

Example: If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business.

Definition: (travel) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.

Definition: Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.

Definition: The collective noun for a group of ferrets.

Definition: Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")

Example: These new phones are the business!

Definition: Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.

Example: As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɪd.nəs/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.

Example: Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone.

Definition: Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.

Definition: Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

Phonetic: "/ˈvɒl.juːm/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.

Example: The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.

Definition: Strength of sound; loudness.

Example: Please turn down the volume on the stereo.

Definition: The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.

Example: I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.

Definition: A bound book.

Definition: A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

Example: The letter "G" was found in volume 4.

Definition: A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.

Definition: Quantity.

Example: The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.

Definition: A rounded mass or convolution.

Definition: The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.

Definition: An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

Phonetic: "/ˈvɒl.juːm/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To be conveyed through the air, waft.

Definition: To cause to move through the air, waft.

Definition: To swell.