[
  {
    "word": "business",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8b\u026ad.n\u0259s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8b\u026ad.n\u0259s/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/business-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=840582",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I was left my father's business."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A person's occupation, work, or trade.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is in the motor and insurance businesses."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He's such a poor cook, I can't believe he's still in business!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "The volume or amount of commercial trade.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Business has been slow lately."
          },
          {
            "definition": "One's dealings; patronage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I shall take my business elsewhere."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Private commercial interests taken collectively.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This proposal will satisfy both business and labor."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I studied business at Harvard."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A particular situation or activity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This UFO stuff is a mighty strange business."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any activity or objective needing to be dealt with; especially, one of a financial or legal matter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Let's get down to business."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something involving one personally.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "That's none of your business."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If that concludes the announcements, we'll move on to new business."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(travel) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and coach.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The collective noun for a group of ferrets.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something very good; top quality. (possibly from \"the bee's knees\")",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "These new phones are the business!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "As the cart went by, its horse lifted its tail and did its business."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or other professional purposes.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Please do not use this phone for personal calls; it is a business phone."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/business"
    ]
  }
]