businesses
Companies and shops
Businesses is the plural of business.
A business is an organization engaged in commerce—buying, selling, or providing services for profit: Several new businesses opened downtown.
The word also refers to commercial activity generally: Business is booming.
To mind your own business is to avoid interfering in others' affairs.
Legally separate business entity
- headquartersCentral command location
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- CEOTop corporate officer
- executiveSenior organizational leader
shareholders · merger · acquisition · multinational · conglomerate · subsidiary · holding · IPO
Retail facade facing street
- shopRetail sales venue
- boutiqueSmall specialized retail shop
- outletPoint of release
- franchiseLicensed business operation
chain · merchandising · inventory · customer · sales · point-of-sale · vendor · supplier
One who starts businesses
- founderOne who begins something
- cofounderJoint business originator
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
accelerator · crowdfunding · bootstrapping · pitch · prototype · MVP · scalable · disruptive
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- millGrain-crushing facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- assemblyConstructing from components
workforce · automation · warehouse · foundry · refinery · steelworks · supply-chain · fabrication
Obtain from overseas
- exportForeign-bound sale
- tariffsTaxes on imports
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
logistics · broker · commodity · quotas · duty · sanctions · freight · port
Business holder
- mom-and-popSmall owner-operated enterprise
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- localOf this area
- family-ownedOperated by relatives
shopkeeper · artisan · tradesperson · livelihood · self-employed · establishment · clientele · storefront
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- headquartersCentral command location
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- CEOTop corporate officer
executive · shareholders · merger · acquisition · multinational · conglomerate · subsidiary · holding · IPO · dividend
storefront
Retail facade facing street
franchise · chain · merchandising · inventory · customer · sales · point-of-sale · vendor · supplier · wholesale
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
incubator · accelerator · crowdfunding · bootstrapping · pitch · prototype · MVP · scalable · disruptive · innovation
factory
Industrial production facility
- plantBotanical organism
- millGrain-crushing facility
- productionMaking or generating something
assembly · workforce · automation · warehouse · foundry · refinery · steelworks · supply-chain · fabrication · shift
import
Obtain from overseas
shipping · logistics · broker · commodity · quotas · duty · sanctions · freight · port · clearance
proprietor
Business holder
- mom-and-popSmall owner-operated enterprise
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- localOf this area
family-owned · shopkeeper · artisan · tradesperson · livelihood · self-employed · establishment · clientele · storefront · workshop
- assessablesperformance, results, outcomes, quality, progress
- Craigslist sectionsjob listings, real estate, rentals, apartments, housing
- fast-growingkudzu, wildfire, tumors, cancer, viruses
- Policy Topicseconomy, jobs, national security, climate, border
- city featuresstreet, road, avenue, boulevard, roundabout
- income sourcessalary, wages, hourly pay, wage, commission
businessescharities
Groups aiding the needy
nonprofits · non-profit organizations · charitable organizations · NGOs · philanthropies
businesseshobbies
Leisure activities for pleasure
pastimes · leisure activities · avocations · recreations · amusements
businessesgovernments
Ruling political authorities
government agencies · public sector · state enterprises · public institutions · civil service
- mind your own businessStop meddling in others' affairs
- out of businessCeased commercial operations
- business cardPrinted contact information slip
- small businessModest independent commercial venture
- in businessCommercially active now
- business hoursScheduled time for commerce
business, businessman, businesslike, businesswoman, businessperson, agribusiness, businesspeople, nonbusiness, family business