Occupation vs. Business

Occupationnoun

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

Occupationnoun

The act, process or state of possessing a place.

Occupationnoun

The control of a country or region by a hostile army.

Occupationnoun

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

Occupationnoun

That which occupies or engages the time and attention.

Occupationnoun

The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice their occupation well into their seventies.

Occupationnoun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;

Occupationnoun

the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

Occupationnoun

any activity that occupies a person's attention;

Occupationnoun

the act of occupying or taking possession of a building;

Occupationnoun

the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied;

Occupationnoun

a job or profession

Occupationnoun

a way of spending time

Occupationnoun

the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force

Occupationnoun

the action of entering and taking control of a building

Occupationnoun

the action of living in or using a building or other place

Occupationadjective

for the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned

Businessnoun

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.

Businessnoun

(countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.

Businessnoun

(countable) A particular situation or activity.

Businessnoun

(countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.

Businessnoun

(uncountable) Something involving one personally.

Businessnoun

Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.

Businessnoun

Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.

Businessnoun

(acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.

Businessnoun

The collective noun for a group of ferrets.

Businessnoun

Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees")

Businessnoun

Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.

Businessadjective

Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.

Businessadjective

Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.

Businessadjective

Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

Businessnoun

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.

Businessnoun

Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.

Businessnoun

Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

Businessnoun

That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

Businessnoun

Affair; concern; matter; - used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.

Businessnoun

The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

Businessnoun

Care; anxiety; diligence.

Businessnoun

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it;

Businessnoun

the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects;

Businessnoun

business concerns collectively;

Businessnoun

the volume of business activity;

Businessnoun

a rightful concern or responsibility;

Businessnoun

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money;

Businessnoun

an immediate objective;

Businessnoun

incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect;

Businessnoun

customers collectively;

Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). Simply put, it is Having a business name does not separate the business entity from the owner, which means that the owner of the business is responsible and liable for debts incurred by the business.