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Meaning of businessness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The quality of being businesslike or characteristic of a business.

nonstandard, uncountable

Examples

“The t ratio and factor analysis were used to isolate the common underlying "teacherness" and "businessness" within groups.”
“Everything is built on relationships. To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, "It is the humanness that makes a business great, not the 'businessness.'"”
“"If you always stay at a company, this barbaric businessness overtakes you," he says. "You're always in execution mode. Here [at Stanford] you get to think more strategically about your profession."”
“So the stank, the swagger about her businessness of her aesthetic, her style. And really, I mean, the type of confidence and nonchalance that she exhibited throughout her life, it's the kind of casualness that only a famous person who is completely assured of their genius and ability to perform and deliver can offer.”
“These traits have been used by psychologists to categorise people, but also by businessness in order to manage a large number of peope effectively.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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