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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

Wikipedia

  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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  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. Bernie Cho:

    K-Pop music is a big business and K-Pop bands not only endorse big brands but also become big time brands themselves. As a result, for better or for worse, individuals in such bands are viewed as investments.

  2. Joey Zwillinger:

    We took the next 30 days to get alignment, we did that by writing a pretty big business plan. It was like a 25, 30-page business plan. We really never shared it with anyone but it was about Tim and Joey Zwillinger dialoguing and building a great partnership.

  3. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

    We planned to sign documents on a number of projects in the chemicals sector and power station construction for a total sum of more than $18 billion. These documents have just been signed, japanese companies have now gained one more big business opportunity. And I will be happy if President Berdymukhamedov assists the implementation of these projects.

  4. Charles Grant:

    There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the campaign, the 'Out' campaign have jolly good arguments superficially... Big business is pathetic and cowardly.

  5. Manoj Sinha:

    We are in touch with all big business houses.


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