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How to spell business
Business is spelled B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S.
What it means: An organization or activity for making money.
In a sentence: My dad runs a small business selling delicious cupcakes.
The part people get wrong
Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.
Same family: businessman, businesswoman, businesses, businesslike, busyness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Business comes from the Old English word for ‘busyness’ meaning a state of being occupied. Over time, its meaning shifted from simply being busy to specifically dealing with trade, work, and commercial activities.
Try spelling it
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