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BIZ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biz mean? 

BIZ (noun)
  The noun BIZ has 1 sense:

1. your occupation or line of workplay

  Familiarity information: BIZ used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BIZ (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Your occupation or line of work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

biz; game

Context example:

she's in show biz

Hypernyms ("biz" is a kind of...):

business; job; line; line of work; occupation (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


 Context examples 


But he knew the biz.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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