Definitions

the business

NOUN

bill of goods

Synonyms

WEAK

snow job song and dance

NOUN

murder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assassination bloodshed crime destruction felony homicide lynching manslaughter massacre shooting slaying terrorism

STRONG

annihilation blood butchery carnage death dispatching hit knifing liquidation off offing

WEAK

bump-off foul play one-way ticket rubout the works

NOUN

snow job

Synonyms

WEAK

bill of goods con conning flattery flimflam hosing ripoff scam smoke and mirrors soft sell soft soap song and dance

NOUN

song and dance

Synonyms

WEAK

bill of goods bull con elaborate explanation jive line number ripoff scam snow job story

Example Sentences

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Because if we don't have a good sport, if we don't preserve the value of the business, the value of Formula 1, everyone will have a loss.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

CBS sold off its radio stations in 2017, but continued to produce and distribute its network programs as the business faced competition from digital media.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Ford is investing $2 billion in the business and revamping a Kentucky battery plant to be better suited to stationary energy storage.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Forsyth Barr is also looking for Ryman to make progress on stripping costs out of the business.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

If in thirteenth-century France Jean set up a wagon-manufacturing workshop, he himself was the business.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

the business

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