Definitions for big business
big busi·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. big businessnoun

   commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies

   "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively"

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1. Big business

   Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". In corporate jargon, the concept is commonly known as enterprise, or activities involving enterprise customers.The concept first rose 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" as of 2015 include ExxonMobil, Walmart, Google, Microsoft, Apple, General Electric, General Motors, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase. The largest German corporations as of 2012 included Daimler AG, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, and Deutsche Bank. Among the largest companies in the United Kingdom as of 2012 are HSBC, Barclays, WPP plc, and BP. The latter half of the 19th century saw more technological advances and corporate growth in additional sectors, such as petroleum, machinery, chemicals, and electrical equipment. (See Second Industrial Revolution.)

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1. big business

   Big business refers to large-scale, multinational corporations that operate in multiple countries and have substantial influence and power in the global market. These corporations typically generate high volumes of sales, employ a large number of workers, have significant economic influence, and hold a sizable market share in their respective industries. They often have a multitude of subsidiaries and may have a monopoly or oligopoly in certain sectors.

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1. 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, Apple, Google, Microsoft, General Electric, General Motors, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. 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.

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How to pronounce big business?

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of big business in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of big business in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of big business in a Sentence

1. Mitch McConnell:

   Americans do not need or want big business to amplify disinformation or react to every manufactured controversy with frantic left-wing signaling.

2. Kwok Ka-Ki:

   The Department of Health could rat them out by pretending to be a customer, but I have yet to see The Department of Health launch a single undercover investigation, the government prefers to keep its eyes half closed for fear of hurting Hong Kong's medical lab industry, which is big business.

3. Shakib Noori:

   We've gone after big business and failed. We need to start small businesses for local consumption.

4. Jack Anderson:

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

5. Mike Pompeo:

   It's one of the topics that's being discussed in these trade negotiations. The theft of American intellectual property is big business, to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, and President Donald Trump is determined to push back against it.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=big business
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Business
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=big business