big business

noun

1. large business, commercial, and financial firms taken collectively, especially when considered as a group having shared attitudes and goals and exercising control over economic policy, politics, etc.
2. any large organization of a noncommercial nature resembling this.
3. any large business enterprise.

big business

noun

1. large commercial organizations collectively, esp when considered as exploitative or socially harmful

big business

1. Large corporations , as opposed to small individually or family-owned businesses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of big business¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Related Words

• business
• commerce
• corporation
• management
• production
• trade