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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
Jack Anderson

Meaning of "big business" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIG BUSINESS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIG BUSINESS

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exclamation
Big business is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIG BUSINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Big business

Big business is large-scale, corporate-controlled, financial or business activities. As a term, it is typically used to describe activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things." The concept first arose in a symbolic sense after 1880 in connection with the combination movement that began in American business at that time. United States corporations that fall into the category of "big business" include ExxonMobil, Wal-Mart, Google, Microsoft, Apple, General Electric, General Motors, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. The largest German corporations include Daimler AG, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens and Deutsche Bank. Among the largest companies in the United Kingdom are HSBC, Barclays and BP.

Definition of big business in the English dictionary

The definition of big business in the dictionary is large commercial organizations collectively, esp when considered as exploitative or socially harmful.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIG BUSINESS

big band
big bang
big bang theory
big beast
big beat
Big Ben
Big Bertha
big bickies
Big Board
Big Brother
big bucks
big bud
big cat
big cheese
big Chief
big city
big Daddy
big data
big deal
big dipper

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIG BUSINESS

agribusiness
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
show business
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of big business in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «big business» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIG BUSINESS

Find out the translation of big business to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of big business from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «big business» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大企业
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

las grandes empresas
570 millions of speakers

English

big business
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़ा व्यापार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشركات الكبرى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

большой бизнес
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

um grande negócio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বড় ব্যবসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grande entreprise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

perniagaan besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

großes Geschäft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大企業
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

큰 사업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bisnis gedhe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

doanh nghiệp lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரிய வியாபாரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोठा व्यवसाय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyük iş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grandi imprese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielki biznes
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

великий бізнес
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

o mare afacere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγάλες επιχειρήσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

groot besigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

big business
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

big business
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of big business

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG BUSINESS»

The term «big business» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIG BUSINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «big business» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «big business» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about big business

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10 QUOTES WITH «BIG BUSINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word big business.
1
Jack Anderson
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
2
Rosanna Arquette
It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.
3
Michele Bachmann
Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.
4
Haley Barbour
Big business has no party and never shall have.
5
Dave Brat
I'm not against business. I'm against big business in bed with big government.
6
Susan Cain
To some extent, we've always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrovert ideal really came to play at the turn of the 20th century when we had the rise of big business.
7
P. Chidambaram
'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.
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Jared Diamond
No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment.
9
Lloyd Dorfman
With Indian migrants all over the world, money transfer is a big business in India.
10
Foster Friess
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIG BUSINESS»

Discover the use of big business in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to big business and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Big Business and the Wealth of Nations
These essays, written by internationally known historians and economists, help one to understand the essential role and functions of big businesses, past and present.
Alfred D. Chandler, Franco Amatori, Takashi Hikino, 1999
2
Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Ruthlessly Targets ...
This is the story of how big businesses are transforming our children into obsessive and narcissistic mini-consumers, media addicts and pharmaceutical industry guinea pigs.
Joel Bakan, 2011
3
Big Business, Poor Peoples: The Impact of Transnational ...
The author examines the impact on the poor of TNC activities in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, mining, oil extraction, manufacturing and tourism.
John Madeley, 1999
4
Anatomy of Big Business
" These are questions that remain relevant today.
Libbie Park, Frank Park, 1973
5
Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and ...
Beginning with the story of an inquisitive Swedish goat wandering off from his master and inadvertently triggering the birth of the oldest company still in existence, Power, Inc. follows the rise and fall of kings and empires, the making of ...
David Rothkopf, 2012
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Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business ...
This groundbreaking book by the acclaimed Dorothy Roberts examines how the myth of biological concept of race--revived by purportedly cutting-edge science, race-specific drugs, genetic testing, and DNA databases--continues to undermine a ...
Dorothy Roberts, 2013
7
Big Business in China: Sino-foreign Rivalry in the Cigarette ...
This is the first major study in Chinese business history based largely on business's own records.
Sherman Cochran, 1980
8
Social Networking: Big Business on Your Computer
The fascinating text examines how social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, have become such a powerful presence and the impact they have had on our culture.
Nick Hunter, 2012
9
Big Business, Big Responsibilities: From Villains to ...
This book describes the surprising speed with which business is recognizing that it will thrive best in societies that succeed and identifies the major challenges that still need to be overcome for business to make its full contribution.
Andy Wales, Matthew Gorman, Dunstan Hope, 2010
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Bottlemania: Big Business, Local Springs, and the Battle ...
In this intelligent, accomplished work of narrative journalism, Elizabeth Royte does for water what Michael Pollan did for food: she finds the people, machines, economies, and cultural trends that bring it from distant aquifers to our ...
Elizabeth Royte, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIG BUSINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term big business is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Americans Still More Confident in Small vs. Big Business
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are more than three times as likely to express confidence in small business as they are in big business. «Gallup.com, Jul 15»
2
Weather brings big business for Maine beach towns
Ogunquit Beach was busy during the holiday weekend as vacationers soaked in the summer sun and brought big business to the area. “We've ... «WMTW Portland, Jul 15»
3
More copycat claims: Furniture designers fall victim to big business
Australian furniture designers are regular victims of big businesses ripping off their design, according to Priyanka Rao, who heads up Luxmy ... «SmartCompany.com.au, Jul 15»
4
Beauty was big business in North Carolina in the 1930s
In other words, beautification is a big business in the State. Curls and coiffures and schoolgirl complexions have reached the mass production ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
5
The Big Business of E-Commerce
AUCKLAND, 7 JULY 2015 – Online shopping has been embraced by mainstream New Zealand with close to 2 million adults (1,952,000) ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
6
Danny Jordaan's multi-million-rand 'gift' to big business
According to a City Press report, the Nelson Mandela Bay metro has agreed to write off two thirds of an electricity debt owed by 13 ... «DestinyConnect, Jul 15»
7
Upcoming US trade deal weighs in favour of big business
Washington: Companies from Nike to UPS stand to benefit as the US edges closer to the most sweeping trade accord in two decades. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
8
UK – Bias towards big business in NHS tender for locum doctors
A recent court case has highlighted the difficulties that small healthcare agencies face when tendering for NHS contracts to supply locum ... «Staffing Industry Analysts, Jul 15»
9
Jon Stewart Slams Conservatives and SCOTUS for Letting Big
“A place where big business always wins, where it's a little hard to breathe and where we get to decide how super painful to make your death. «Care2.com, Jul 15»
10
Big business group hits TRO vs Torre
WHERE'S JOSE? From this view, it takes a while to even spot the monument of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal in front of the towering (but now ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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