how to pronounce business

/ˈbɪznəs/

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the above transcription of business is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

business is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of business in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… we will do the business I don't have a …”

meaning of business

Business is the activity of making money through the exchange of goods and services.

business frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word business occurs in english on average 240.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics business can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that business can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;